"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.
Prepare the masses 'cause this means war
And if it's a fight they want, we'll bring the hell they're looking for
With bullets blazing, the cowards hit the floor
Stand up and fight like men, let God decide who's goin'
Now sit back and watch the story unfold
Of the fair Juliet and her Romeo
Two young lovers with one heartbeat
In their devoted grave is where they'll sleep
They are the passion in a city of hate
Watching two families quarrel, ruining lover's fate
You are the ones who took your children's lives
See your two martyr's dying in love's true light, light
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet
Two star-crossed lovers married, looking for regrets
By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss
Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
In every war there will be casualties
Even family members and best friends bleed
Another tally on the body count
So how many more until we're all bled out?
Let's not forget about this tale of love
Replay the story as it's told to us
Life is precious but worth giving away
For ideals of beauty and better days, days
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet
Two star-crossed lovers married, looking for regrets
By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss
Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
I'm killing cousins, revenge I seek
In fair Verona I will lay him down, down to sleep
In desperation, poison becomes
This story's ending in a tomb of lover's trust, trust
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet
Two star-crossed lovers married, looking for regrets
By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss
Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
And if it's a fight they want, we'll bring the hell they're looking for
With bullets blazing, the cowards hit the floor
Stand up and fight like men, let God decide who's goin'
Now sit back and watch the story unfold
Of the fair Juliet and her Romeo
Two young lovers with one heartbeat
In their devoted grave is where they'll sleep
They are the passion in a city of hate
Watching two families quarrel, ruining lover's fate
You are the ones who took your children's lives
See your two martyr's dying in love's true light, light
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet
Two star-crossed lovers married, looking for regrets
By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss
Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
In every war there will be casualties
Even family members and best friends bleed
Another tally on the body count
So how many more until we're all bled out?
Let's not forget about this tale of love
Replay the story as it's told to us
Life is precious but worth giving away
For ideals of beauty and better days, days
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet
Two star-crossed lovers married, looking for regrets
By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss
Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
I'm killing cousins, revenge I seek
In fair Verona I will lay him down, down to sleep
In desperation, poison becomes
This story's ending in a tomb of lover's trust, trust
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet
Two star-crossed lovers married, looking for regrets
By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss
Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
Prepare the Masses Lyrics as written by Victor Jasper
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Hey! Nice job. I think I have a few corrections though.
The chorus should read:
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet Two STAR-CROSSED lovers married(?), looking for regrets By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your CORPSE LEAVE me a drop of poison waiting on your lips.
The next line should be:
In ever war there will be casualties ...... ...... So how many more until we're all BLED OUT.
The bridge should be:
I'm killing cousins, revenge I seek In FAIR VERONA I will lay him down, down to sleep In desperation, poison becomes This story's ending in a TOMB OF LOVER'S (trust?)
Yay!
thanks...this song really had me at a few points...great song though
I've also got a few corrections too.
The bridge should be I'm killing cause it's revenge I seek In fair Verona I will lay him down, down to sleep
to me the singer is compaing a young couples relationship to that of Romeo and Juliet
...but thats just my take on the song...ive been known to be wrong
awwwwwww. this is beautiful....:D
My teacher played this in school because we just finished Romeo and Juliet. That was pretty rad.
Urgh, this is really off...
Prepare the masses, cause this means war And if it's a fight they want, we'll bring the hell they're looking for With bullets blazing, the cowards hit the floor Stand up and fight like men, let God decide who's coming
Now sit back and watch this story unfold With the fair Juliet and her Romeo Two young lovers with one heartbeat In a devoted grave is where they'll sleep They are the passion in a city of hate Watching two families quarrel ruining lover's fate, You are the ones that took your children's lives See your two martyrs dying in love's true light
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet Two star-crossed lovers marry looking for regrets By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
In every war there will be casualties Even family members and best friends bleed Another tally on the body count So how many more until we're all bled out? Let's not forget about this tale of love Replay the story as it's told to us Life is precious but worth giving away For ideals of beauty and better days
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet Two star-crossed lovers marry looking for regrets By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
I'm killing cousins, revenge I seek In fair Verona, I will lay him down, down to sleep In desperation, poison becomes This story's ending in a tomb of lover's trust
Sing me to sleep tonight, sweet Juliet Two star-crossed lovers marry looking for regrets By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips
This song follows the whole story of Romeo and Juliet. And it follows really close too.
in the chorus in the beginning of the play they even use "star-crosses lovers"
"Leave me a drop of poison waiting on your lips" in the play Juliet got mad cause Romeo didn't leave any poison on his lips for her to die too so she stabs herself with his sword.
"By daybreak I'll be gone and searching for your kiss" in the play Romeo had to leave in the morning cause he was exclied from Verona for killing Tybalt. thats where the line "I'm killing cousins, revenge I seek" is telling you about it. Romeo kills Tybalt (Juliet's cousin) cause Tybalt killed Mercurtio (someone really close to Romeo who is also the princes family)
So this song is really just about the Romeo and Juliet. who ever wrote this song must know something about Romeo and Juliet to write something this close to the story. lol.
or maybe the writerwasnt a complete idiot and i dunno...maybe knew something about romeo and juliet and was trying to get a point across to his girlfriend.. but that just a wild outta the blue guess. i mean. how would i know right?<br />
Yeah and to add even more, the line "even family members and best friends bleed" goes right along because 1. Mercutio, who is both a family member to the prince and Romeo's good friend, dies and 2. Romeo's mother kills herself because he's exiled. And of course Romeo and Juliet die. And then "this story's ending in a tomb of lovers" because not only do Romeo and Juliet die in the tomb, but so does Paris. And the "watching two families quarrel ruining lovers fate" because of course, if their parents hadn't been fighting, they wouldn't have had to hide their love.<br /> <br /> Such a good song.
dude kasandra youve got to have the coolest friggin teacher ever.
really.