"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.
Fear with a touch of sin
Death to resurrect
Pain to inflict the world
Just let it grow
To let your blood flow
To feed your dying soul
I'll bring you to this war
I'll bring you to your door
All compassion fails
Your heart is just as stale
Everything you touch turns to rust
It turns to rust
Hate in the darkest place
Faith it dies with me
Wrath to save your soul
Just let it grow
To let your blood flow
To feed your dying soul
I'll bring you to this war
I'll bring you to your door
All compassion fails
Your heart is just as stale
Everything you touch turns to rust
It turns to rust
I don't care about your pain and your grief
It's all about your greed
For every single thing
For every single moment you took from me
Death to resurrect
Pain to inflict the world
Just let it grow
To let your blood flow
To feed your dying soul
I'll bring you to this war
I'll bring you to your door
All compassion fails
Your heart is just as stale
Everything you touch turns to rust
It turns to rust
Hate in the darkest place
Faith it dies with me
Wrath to save your soul
Just let it grow
To let your blood flow
To feed your dying soul
I'll bring you to this war
I'll bring you to your door
All compassion fails
Your heart is just as stale
Everything you touch turns to rust
It turns to rust
I don't care about your pain and your grief
It's all about your greed
For every single thing
For every single moment you took from me
Lyrics submitted by thienosaurus
It Turns to Rust Lyrics as written by Maurizio Iacono
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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