"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.
I am the moment, the soul
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last recall
The living pulse of nightmares
Is on my side
With the shadows I fade into you
A secret promise of leaving
Blanking your eyes
When you look for me try for once inside
In the sleep of cruelty
The old sounds of you and me
I am the moment, the soul
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last recall (you are lost)
The ones so long forgotten
Now at your side
Their spirits travel from me into you
A rush of waters then afterlife
The wind in the trees
Yours is the fight in this minute dark
I am the moment, the soul
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last...
In the sleep of cruelty
The old sounds of you in me
And for a moment it's gone
The beauty of it all
I am the second, the fall
The logic of it all
I am the moment, the soul
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last recall
Memento mori!
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last recall
The living pulse of nightmares
Is on my side
With the shadows I fade into you
A secret promise of leaving
Blanking your eyes
When you look for me try for once inside
In the sleep of cruelty
The old sounds of you and me
I am the moment, the soul
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last recall (you are lost)
The ones so long forgotten
Now at your side
Their spirits travel from me into you
A rush of waters then afterlife
The wind in the trees
Yours is the fight in this minute dark
I am the moment, the soul
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last...
In the sleep of cruelty
The old sounds of you in me
And for a moment it's gone
The beauty of it all
I am the second, the fall
The logic of it all
I am the moment, the soul
The moment that ends it all
I am the second, the will
The serpent, the one you last recall
Memento mori!
Lyrics submitted by Ad_Infinitum
Memento Mori Lyrics as written by Miguel Gaspar Fernando Ribeiro
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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