"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.
This the oldest story in the book
He desires the one thing he cannot have
My darling queen,
I lay myself at your feet
And I shall stay the hands of fate
Wind cries out
Heavens boil above voicing discontent to my sins
I have found the way to trick the ferryman
I have deceived the ancient Gods
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
I shudder at what I have done
Darling queen I lay at your feet
Chills take me as she wakes
Throat gasps tainted breath
I've reclaimed you my stolen bride
Can your soul forgive my crimes of passion?
I would not close the casket
I'm so consumed by your pain, your pain
Faint screams echo through the night
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
I shudder at what I have done
The pains of death can no longer haunt you
As the dawning sky brings forth one forsaken thought
Death can not win for I now dwell in the palace of decay
And I shall stay the hands of fate
Night descends
Sinews twitch
My pale queen finally
Stands to taste silent lips
Now cursed with her love
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
I shudder at what I have done
He desires the one thing he cannot have
My darling queen,
I lay myself at your feet
And I shall stay the hands of fate
Wind cries out
Heavens boil above voicing discontent to my sins
I have found the way to trick the ferryman
I have deceived the ancient Gods
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
I shudder at what I have done
Darling queen I lay at your feet
Chills take me as she wakes
Throat gasps tainted breath
I've reclaimed you my stolen bride
Can your soul forgive my crimes of passion?
I would not close the casket
I'm so consumed by your pain, your pain
Faint screams echo through the night
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
I shudder at what I have done
The pains of death can no longer haunt you
As the dawning sky brings forth one forsaken thought
Death can not win for I now dwell in the palace of decay
And I shall stay the hands of fate
Night descends
Sinews twitch
My pale queen finally
Stands to taste silent lips
Now cursed with her love
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
Cold flesh lends to me it's secrets (Each day brings me closer to you)
For a price too high (my tragic victory)
I shudder at what I have done
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Alchemy Sounded Good at the Time Lyrics as written by Dennis Lavell Lee Dennis Lee
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Decayofnero, you are most likely right in saying that it's based off a greek myth; however, you seem to have confused your myths
Heracles (more commonly known in the west as Hercules) was driven into a blind rage by Hera which resulted in him killing his wife and children--but he did not go to the underworld to retrieve her soul.
The myth that first came to my mind was that of Orpheus and Eurydice, which is the myth I think you had in mind.
"My pale queen finally stands To taste silent lips Now cursed with her love
Cold flesh lends to me its secrets Each day brings me closer to you For a price too high My tragic victory"
these lines particularly remind me of the climax of the myth.
Since in the myth Orpheus is allowed to return with the soul of Eurydice on the condition that he not turn around to look at her until after they've left the underworld; which really plays into "each day brings me closer to you"
There are several variations as to what may have happened, but the two that I've heard the most are that 1) Orpheus could wait no longer and turned around to face her
2) He being ahead of her leading the way stepped out of the underworld before her, turning around when she was just a few steps away from the exit.
either one would explain "my tragic victory," even though it wasn't much of a victory.
But even with this myth some aspects of the lyrics don't tie in.
"Darling queen," of course can be seen as a term of endearment.
Also he didn't necessarily, "trick the ferrymen" since he pretty much sang him into submission.
those were the names! i totally forgot them(i cnt find my mythology book v.v so sad...) but yea anyway i had the same answer cause wen i read the myth and listened to the song it totally clicked together but u may not like my post(its a little well its a short telling of the whole sotry i read)but yea good thing to kno some1 else thinks the same thing!<br /> ilalesana!<3