"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.
Slowly the thought
"There is no one to replace"
Came into view
And he began to cry
Now only boys
That love only boys
The perfect picture
Of a boy/girl age
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
Grey overcoat
And he could be anyone
A random poll check
"Do you ever think of women?"
They broke him down
Into a torn old queen
Living somewhere
Between dead and dying
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
There are no more
Do you begin to see?
The corner of my eye
Could give me away
Isn't it strange
How times change?
I can't imagine
Living any other way
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
"There is no one to replace"
Came into view
And he began to cry
Now only boys
That love only boys
The perfect picture
Of a boy/girl age
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
Grey overcoat
And he could be anyone
A random poll check
"Do you ever think of women?"
They broke him down
Into a torn old queen
Living somewhere
Between dead and dying
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
There are no more
Do you begin to see?
The corner of my eye
Could give me away
Isn't it strange
How times change?
I can't imagine
Living any other way
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned, edited by marcgj123
Praying to the Aliens Lyrics as written by Gary Anthony James Webb
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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It's about the interbreeding between ape-like hominids and humans that creates sterile, hybrid, hermaphrodite offspring.
@barefoot That was always my interpretation, but maybe not the only valid one. There is an interpretation of "Are 'Friends' Electric?" being about vibrators, and I have to admit it sort of makes sense even though I doubt that was Numan's intention.
It's about the Sphinx. The reference to the aliens is about the face on Mars. If you overlap the left side of the face on Mars, you get a perfectly symmetrical hominid. If you overlap the right side of the face on Mars, you get the perfectly symmetrical face of a lion. "Living somewhere between dead and dying" is a reference to the nose of the Sphinx missing. In ancient Egyptian culture, a statue loses its spirit if you cut the nose off. Also consider "the corner of my eye could give me away". The center is where you divide the face on Mars to get either a lion or a hominid. You cut down the center, and place the copy of the left side of the picture on the right side of the original. That's how you get a hominid. Do the same with the right side, and you get a lion. The Mars face is a "Replica" of the Sphinx. "Replicas" is the name of the album the song is on. That's why he thought is was important to have the lyrics on the screen when he performed it on Saturday Night Live. He gave another really cute hint all over the cover of The Pleasure Principle alum - front and back.
Now, did someone plant a pipe bomb in his dad's car because he was messing up rock music with synthesizers? Or was it because he was telling secrets?
"A perfect picture of a boy/girl age" references the breeding between ape hominids and humans that creates sterile, hermaphrodite, hybrid offspring...
@ascendgods I always thought the lyrics were on screen on SNL because people can have some trouble understanding what he's singing sometimes :) and Cars was well known enough...what's the hint on The Pleasure Principle? The pyramid? <br /> <br /> As for the pipe bomb...I've heard about that, I'm a bit curious as to what 'secrets' you think he might have had? Just genuine curiosity!
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Gary believes he is the only human left. He must appear and act like a robot or else he gets caught. Of course, there could be other humans masquerading like robots and he just doesn't know it or can't tell 'em apart.
Sounds like it's about (maybe well-intentioned) alien overlords trying to turn everyone gay in order to control the population. But the most obvious interpretation isn't always the only one.