"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.
*song opens with a soundbyte*
Some pro animal liberation British woman talking about how slaughterhouses smell like "hot death" and how the animals look so terrified as they die and all the nitty gritty fun stuff
*John sings*
Its funny to think I trusted you
Its funny to think that
I have spent my whole damn life supporting you
Its funny that I believed in you
It's funny I thought
That you'd be there if I should ever call on you
So now I'm jaded
Friends turn to enemies
*soundbyte kicks in again*
The same woman from the first clip is talking about how its alright to be radical when you stand for a cause, etc.
*John sings*
Now that I know that you work for them
Now that I know your life
Is based around such lies and corperate greed
You only believe what you are told
You only defend laws that are old
Because it's law don't make it right
So now I'm jaded
Friends turn to enemies
All my life
I've done what I've been asked
So who is right?
The one behind the mask
*soundbyte kicks in once again*
Its our activist British woman friend again, and this time she's talking about how we have the freedom of speech and we cannot be put to death for having thoughts. She then goes on to say that if we speak our minds we can fight the cruelty towards animals, we can save them because they can't stand up for themselvs, etc. and so on
*John sings*
So now I'm jaded
Friends turn to enemies
Its funny to think I trusted you
Its funny to think that
I have spent my whole damn life supporting you
Its funny that I believed in you
Its funny I thought
That you'd be there if I should ever call on you
All my life
I've done what I've been asked
So who is right?
The one behind the mask
All my life
I've done what I've been asked
So who is right?
The one behind the mask
*guess what kids, another soundbyte!*
once again our British woman activist takes the floor, and she says that her goal is total liberation for animals. Basically, don't eat them, wear them, put them in zoos, stare at them, touch them, just don't do anything to the animals that you don't want done to yourself and you can make her and every animal supporter happy.
Some pro animal liberation British woman talking about how slaughterhouses smell like "hot death" and how the animals look so terrified as they die and all the nitty gritty fun stuff
*John sings*
Its funny to think I trusted you
Its funny to think that
I have spent my whole damn life supporting you
Its funny that I believed in you
It's funny I thought
That you'd be there if I should ever call on you
So now I'm jaded
Friends turn to enemies
*soundbyte kicks in again*
The same woman from the first clip is talking about how its alright to be radical when you stand for a cause, etc.
*John sings*
Now that I know that you work for them
Now that I know your life
Is based around such lies and corperate greed
You only believe what you are told
You only defend laws that are old
Because it's law don't make it right
So now I'm jaded
Friends turn to enemies
All my life
I've done what I've been asked
So who is right?
The one behind the mask
*soundbyte kicks in once again*
Its our activist British woman friend again, and this time she's talking about how we have the freedom of speech and we cannot be put to death for having thoughts. She then goes on to say that if we speak our minds we can fight the cruelty towards animals, we can save them because they can't stand up for themselvs, etc. and so on
*John sings*
So now I'm jaded
Friends turn to enemies
Its funny to think I trusted you
Its funny to think that
I have spent my whole damn life supporting you
Its funny that I believed in you
Its funny I thought
That you'd be there if I should ever call on you
All my life
I've done what I've been asked
So who is right?
The one behind the mask
All my life
I've done what I've been asked
So who is right?
The one behind the mask
*guess what kids, another soundbyte!*
once again our British woman activist takes the floor, and she says that her goal is total liberation for animals. Basically, don't eat them, wear them, put them in zoos, stare at them, touch them, just don't do anything to the animals that you don't want done to yourself and you can make her and every animal supporter happy.
Lyrics submitted by Alucard
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obviouslly about animal rights since goldfingers and huge for animal rights which i think is pretty cool not sure about the exact meaning, besides being for animal rights.
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ALF never killed anyone, never hurt a mouse.