"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.
You strangle people with a piercing stare,
I can't believe I made it,
The way you operate is so severe,so severe,
I hate it,
You strangle people with a sneering grin,
I can't believe i made it,
Brooklyn is burning down the discotheque, discotheque
Lets shake it,
I feel the fire tonight,
I hear, I hear the people cry,
I see all the people now,
I got I got what the people want,
You send a message in the atmosphere and everyone starts running,
The way you operate is so severe, so severe,
So cunning,
You send a message in your beady stare and everyone starts running,
Brooklyn is burning and by fireside, fireside, we're dancing
I feel the fire tonight,
I hear, I hear the people cry,
I see all the people now,
I got I got what the people want,
You strangle people with a piercing stare,
I can't believe I made it,
The way you operate is so severe,so severe,
I hate it,
You strangle people with a sneering grin,
I can't believe i made it,
Brooklyn is burning down the discotheque, discotheque
Lets shake it,
[x2]
I feel the fire tonight,
I hear, I hear the people cry,
I see all the people now,
I got I got what the people want
I can't believe I made it,
The way you operate is so severe,so severe,
I hate it,
You strangle people with a sneering grin,
I can't believe i made it,
Brooklyn is burning down the discotheque, discotheque
Lets shake it,
I feel the fire tonight,
I hear, I hear the people cry,
I see all the people now,
I got I got what the people want,
You send a message in the atmosphere and everyone starts running,
The way you operate is so severe, so severe,
So cunning,
You send a message in your beady stare and everyone starts running,
Brooklyn is burning and by fireside, fireside, we're dancing
I feel the fire tonight,
I hear, I hear the people cry,
I see all the people now,
I got I got what the people want,
You strangle people with a piercing stare,
I can't believe I made it,
The way you operate is so severe,so severe,
I hate it,
You strangle people with a sneering grin,
I can't believe i made it,
Brooklyn is burning down the discotheque, discotheque
Lets shake it,
[x2]
I feel the fire tonight,
I hear, I hear the people cry,
I see all the people now,
I got I got what the people want
Lyrics submitted by Girlsdontgocrazy
Brooklyn Is Burning Lyrics as written by Daryl Palumbo Daniel M. Nakamura
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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This reminds me of this girl who is an utter and complete bitch.. she is known as a bitch in our school. She hates me, I hate her. She's out to make people feel like shit, scare/intimidate them and always gets what she wants.
To me, this song has her name written all over it. Oh and it's just fucking awesome cause it makes me want to dance like super smooth and well, that's just awesome.
I concur with Schrei, this song has Spot written all over it. In fact, the only reason i knew this song EXISTED is because of a video about Spot on YouTube by abbyluna. Anyway, i love it, it's kind of my personal themesong, too. lol. i can be really intimidating when i want to be. ask my friends. lol.
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you send the message in the atmosphere and everyone starts running
you strangle people with a sneering grin I can't believe I made it
This is cool. Where did you get all the lyrics from? Is the cd out already? If so, where can I get one?
it's not out yet guys
groups.yahoo.com/group/darylscalypso
Does anyone know when it will be out?
Good song, saw them a few nights ago.
song is pretty good, it is definately cool because of the disco beat
is dayrl still with warner bros records?
^ dunno.
i really like it. And i have to agree with AzWeThinkIam :)
But the lyrics here is missing some extra words and the rest of the song (tho its just continued)..