"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.
The question asked in order
To save her life or take it
The answer no to avoid death
The answer yes would make it, make it
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
Say yes to pull the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
And Cassie pulled the trigger
All heads are bowed in silence
To remember her last sentence
She answered him knowing what would happen
Her last words still hanging in the air
(In the air)
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
Say yes to pull the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
And Cassie pulled the trigger
How many will die?
I will die
I, I will say yes
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
Say yes or pull the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
And Cassie pulled the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Do you believe in God?
Do you believe in God?
And I will pull the trigger
To save her life or take it
The answer no to avoid death
The answer yes would make it, make it
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
Say yes to pull the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
And Cassie pulled the trigger
All heads are bowed in silence
To remember her last sentence
She answered him knowing what would happen
Her last words still hanging in the air
(In the air)
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
Say yes to pull the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
And Cassie pulled the trigger
How many will die?
I will die
I, I will say yes
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
Say yes or pull the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet
And Cassie pulled the trigger
Do you believe in God?
Do you believe in God?
Do you believe in God?
And I will pull the trigger
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columbine.....the modern-day holocost. it shined a light in a lot of dark rooms. and yet nobody learned, they did it because they were the outcasts. they didn't fit in, they were picked on and prodded like animals. what they did isn't what you might call "good", but it did show something, we dont accept differentiality. we needed to learn, those two were the professors in the matter. you can agree or disagree with this...in the end it might not really matter. but i feel it's true -nemo-
i agree with you to a point, but there are many of us that were outcasts who didnt gun down our schoolmates. i think, in the end - this was a parental problem. yes, it takes a village to raise a child - BUT if you dont have strong morals at home (ie. you know, murder is bad.) you're going to have problems. thats not to say that all killers have bad parents, but i think 90% of the time you will find some sort of abuse at home, be it mental, emotional or physical.