"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Welcome to the abandoned land
Come on in, child; take my hand
Here there's no work or play
Only one bill to pay
There's just five words to say
As you go down, down, down
You're gonna burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
You can't believe all the things I've done wrong in my life
Without even trying I've lived on the edge of a knife
Well, I've played with fire, but I don't want to get myself burned
To thine own self be true, so I think that it's time for a turn
Before I burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
Lay no evil down on me
You're gonna burn in hell
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
Take a good look in your heart; tell me what do you see?
It's black and it's dark, now is that how you want it to be?
It's up to you; what you do will decide your own fate
Make your choice now for tomorrow may be far too late
And then you'll burn in hell
Come on in, child; take my hand
Here there's no work or play
Only one bill to pay
There's just five words to say
As you go down, down, down
You're gonna burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
You can't believe all the things I've done wrong in my life
Without even trying I've lived on the edge of a knife
Well, I've played with fire, but I don't want to get myself burned
To thine own self be true, so I think that it's time for a turn
Before I burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
Lay no evil down on me
You're gonna burn in hell
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
Take a good look in your heart; tell me what do you see?
It's black and it's dark, now is that how you want it to be?
It's up to you; what you do will decide your own fate
Make your choice now for tomorrow may be far too late
And then you'll burn in hell
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nobody has commented on this? wow this song is so good tho nice clean message and dark lyrics
it is a good song!
Nice song with funny lyrics. Dimmu Borgir does an excellent cover, but I still prefer Twisted Sister's version, it's even funnier.
i didn't even know it was a cover till i looked it up. i think i like Dimmu Borgir's covers better than their own stuff(Satan, My Master and this one). I like all their songs. Very talented.
When I first listened to the first verse, I thought this song was about a child-abductor.. My friend dosen't like this song, he says it sounds like an evil gnome is singing ..
it's kinda funny to hear dimmu say dont you play with evil, lol.
it's hardcore, didn't know it was a cover, silly me ..
...your right Ddadutta it does sound like an evil gnome - cool! Very good cover though I'm another who didn't know it was covered. Brilliant!
My buddy always plays this song in his truck, its fucking awesome.
this songs great--lol about the evil gnome. the clean voice chorus is perfect for it too