"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.
Far beyond, there lies the vaudeville where creatures are gathering
the assembly, cackle and drool at a land slowly dying
the monologue begins, the man is abandoned
he cracks a lonely smile like an oyster thats been shucked and dead
the company the red, posies they sprang and whispered, "sweet tragedy"
"theres a bird who is broken down
she hunts the soil so her young can feed,
but the morning never stays for long
and the flock will starve for needs"
this is the act you see, our seeds were sown in fertile soil
and the crowd all cheered as the men as beasts destroyed the crop and field
"sweet tragedy"
the ensembles tune, of wretched abandon
where desperate souls, they litter the pavement
beasts roam the world, in arrogant fashion
(trampling the harvest and spoiling the soul)
the assembly, cackle and drool at a land slowly dying
the monologue begins, the man is abandoned
he cracks a lonely smile like an oyster thats been shucked and dead
the company the red, posies they sprang and whispered, "sweet tragedy"
"theres a bird who is broken down
she hunts the soil so her young can feed,
but the morning never stays for long
and the flock will starve for needs"
this is the act you see, our seeds were sown in fertile soil
and the crowd all cheered as the men as beasts destroyed the crop and field
"sweet tragedy"
the ensembles tune, of wretched abandon
where desperate souls, they litter the pavement
beasts roam the world, in arrogant fashion
(trampling the harvest and spoiling the soul)
Lyrics submitted by nickmont1627
A Mind Of Metal & Wheels Lyrics as written by Rudy Byron Gajadhar Robert Earl Darling
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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