"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.
A savage thought becomes him
By the light shining through her dress
The flesh under his finger nails
The lips upon her chest
And with the night pressing on
She weakens behind his eyes
She urns for him inside her
Collapsing by the bedside
You want more
You got more
Can't be too safe girl
Its alright
Just undress
Her lips and
His caress
Will unveiling the curves of our bodies
(We get along, along so well)
A parasitic feeding
Off of the blood of someone else
Two bodies lie shackled
By the clenching of their fists
One body lie injected
Behind the others head
With the sun pressing on
She weakens behind his eyes
She urns for him inside her
Collapsing by the bedside
You're up boy
Don't slow down
With constant temptations
Who said love
Its alright
Will become by the end of the night
Will unveiling the curves of our bodies
(We get along, along so well)
A parasitic feeding
Of off the blood of someone else
Were sharpening the spectrum
Of these feelings
(We get along, along so well)
A puss eating believing we would
Ever share with someone else
I feel you breathing
Behind my neck
Can I still feel you breathing
Behind my neck
Will unveiling the curves of our bodies
(We get along, along so well)
A parasitic feeding
Of off the blood of someone else
Were sharpening the spectrum
Of these feelings
(We get along, along so well)
A puss eating believing we would
Ever share with someone else
We went assaulted bodies
Fell asleep between her legs
Medicate before tomorrow
Is that love? Is that love?
By the light shining through her dress
The flesh under his finger nails
The lips upon her chest
And with the night pressing on
She weakens behind his eyes
She urns for him inside her
Collapsing by the bedside
You want more
You got more
Can't be too safe girl
Its alright
Just undress
Her lips and
His caress
Will unveiling the curves of our bodies
(We get along, along so well)
A parasitic feeding
Off of the blood of someone else
Two bodies lie shackled
By the clenching of their fists
One body lie injected
Behind the others head
With the sun pressing on
She weakens behind his eyes
She urns for him inside her
Collapsing by the bedside
You're up boy
Don't slow down
With constant temptations
Who said love
Its alright
Will become by the end of the night
Will unveiling the curves of our bodies
(We get along, along so well)
A parasitic feeding
Of off the blood of someone else
Were sharpening the spectrum
Of these feelings
(We get along, along so well)
A puss eating believing we would
Ever share with someone else
I feel you breathing
Behind my neck
Can I still feel you breathing
Behind my neck
Will unveiling the curves of our bodies
(We get along, along so well)
A parasitic feeding
Of off the blood of someone else
Were sharpening the spectrum
Of these feelings
(We get along, along so well)
A puss eating believing we would
Ever share with someone else
We went assaulted bodies
Fell asleep between her legs
Medicate before tomorrow
Is that love? Is that love?
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Eager Cannibals Lyrics as written by Joe Brown Dan Arnold
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