"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.
It could be the absinthe talking
(I don't think so)
I don't either
I've gotta find a new place
A new place to feed
What could it be?
Stop everything, something is not feeling right
The planets are not all aligned
I know it, I've felt this before
My evil is thirsting for more
I need a new outlet to feed
What can I do?
I've got an idea
I think I'll just become a priest
Deceiving them with my belief
I'll preach about what life is worth
And cover my sins with the church
My demons can run around free
No one will suspect a thing
I'll show them it's okay to lust
A priest is who children can trust
I found a new outlet to feed
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Something's not right
The planets are not all aligned
I know it, I've felt this before
My evil is thirsting for more
I need a new outlet to feed
What can I do?
I got an idea
I think I'll just become a priest
Deceiving them with my belief
I'll preach about what life is worth
And cover my sins with the church
My demons can run around free
No one will suspect a thing
I'll show them it's okay to lust
A priest is who children can trust
I found a new outlet to feed
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Oh my God, I'm watching TV, but I can't
Oh, what's this world coming to
I see priests molesting children
I see terrorists blowing up buildings
I see someone in rage, killing Dime Bag on stage
What the fuck is this?
What the fuck is this?
I got a kid, should I send him to Sunday School?
I got a kid, should I send him to Sunday School?
So you can fuck him?
Oh no, no, you ain't gonna fuck him
How bout this?
I don't fucking know who I can trust
In this world and I'm gonna blow
One time
I'm not that scared
Something is not feeling right
The planets are not all aligned
I know it, I've felt this before
My evil is thirsting for more
I need a new outlet to feed
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Wake up, people
And look at life around you
(I don't think so)
I don't either
I've gotta find a new place
A new place to feed
What could it be?
Stop everything, something is not feeling right
The planets are not all aligned
I know it, I've felt this before
My evil is thirsting for more
I need a new outlet to feed
What can I do?
I've got an idea
I think I'll just become a priest
Deceiving them with my belief
I'll preach about what life is worth
And cover my sins with the church
My demons can run around free
No one will suspect a thing
I'll show them it's okay to lust
A priest is who children can trust
I found a new outlet to feed
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Something's not right
The planets are not all aligned
I know it, I've felt this before
My evil is thirsting for more
I need a new outlet to feed
What can I do?
I got an idea
I think I'll just become a priest
Deceiving them with my belief
I'll preach about what life is worth
And cover my sins with the church
My demons can run around free
No one will suspect a thing
I'll show them it's okay to lust
A priest is who children can trust
I found a new outlet to feed
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Oh my God, I'm watching TV, but I can't
Oh, what's this world coming to
I see priests molesting children
I see terrorists blowing up buildings
I see someone in rage, killing Dime Bag on stage
What the fuck is this?
What the fuck is this?
I got a kid, should I send him to Sunday School?
I got a kid, should I send him to Sunday School?
So you can fuck him?
Oh no, no, you ain't gonna fuck him
How bout this?
I don't fucking know who I can trust
In this world and I'm gonna blow
One time
I'm not that scared
Something is not feeling right
The planets are not all aligned
I know it, I've felt this before
My evil is thirsting for more
I need a new outlet to feed
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Baptized by the unexpected
Terrorized by the imperfections
Wake up, people
And look at life around you
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
The Priest Lyrics as written by Samuel Robert Rivers Sam Siegler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave
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