"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.
I hear a distant thunder. They say thou don't surrender
Witnessing lael my eyes the sins of our land
Why can't we see from under? Dark reign on thou defenders
Endlessly torturing the sons without stand
Fight out lets break the chains So strong we must feel no pain
Forever torn apart from the haunting fields of man
Raging fear from skies above the fire fill my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame
Cast away no turning back from long and darkened shore
We'll show no mercy as they fall The fire burns inside
Now prepare for war!
You feel the pain no longer Daylight your heart grows stronger
Not even sense the burning hunger inside
Ride out with force and valour in memory forever
Towards the battering and rise all the time
Stand out we'll break the chain in unity we feel no pain
Forever torn apart from the haunting fields of man
Raging fear from skies above the fire fills my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame
Cast way no turning back from long and darkened shore
We'll show no mercy as they fall the fire burns inside
Now prepare for war!!
Looking around there's no fear in your heart for I know you will never surrender
Everyone here raise there eyes to the sky now we strike out and onward we fight
Prepare for war!!!!
Raging fear from skies above the fire fill my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame!!!!
Raging fears from skies above the fire fills my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame
Cast away no turning back from land and darkened shore
We'll show no mercy as they fall
We'll show no mercy standing tall
Till becomes us we won't fall The fire burns inside
Now prepare for war!!!
War...
Witnessing lael my eyes the sins of our land
Why can't we see from under? Dark reign on thou defenders
Endlessly torturing the sons without stand
Fight out lets break the chains So strong we must feel no pain
Forever torn apart from the haunting fields of man
Raging fear from skies above the fire fill my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame
Cast away no turning back from long and darkened shore
We'll show no mercy as they fall The fire burns inside
Now prepare for war!
You feel the pain no longer Daylight your heart grows stronger
Not even sense the burning hunger inside
Ride out with force and valour in memory forever
Towards the battering and rise all the time
Stand out we'll break the chain in unity we feel no pain
Forever torn apart from the haunting fields of man
Raging fear from skies above the fire fills my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame
Cast way no turning back from long and darkened shore
We'll show no mercy as they fall the fire burns inside
Now prepare for war!!
Looking around there's no fear in your heart for I know you will never surrender
Everyone here raise there eyes to the sky now we strike out and onward we fight
Prepare for war!!!!
Raging fear from skies above the fire fill my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame!!!!
Raging fears from skies above the fire fills my veins
Destruction of humanity the everlasting flame
Cast away no turning back from land and darkened shore
We'll show no mercy as they fall
We'll show no mercy standing tall
Till becomes us we won't fall The fire burns inside
Now prepare for war!!!
War...
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
No Surprises
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I love this song! Destruction of humanity!
I love singing along to DF, especially to this song