"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.
And she's a killer
And she's a keeper...
[Verse 1]
Am I blurry
In your vision
Was I just
A poor decision
Cut me open
With precision
& we'll finger
The incision
Tell me what have I done
(quid pro quo)
To watch you lose
Control
(tunnel)
I will give you sanctuary
In these hymns of Thanatos...
I will give you sanctuary!
[Verse 2]
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
Shapeless vengeance!
(tunnel)
We are the 1000 children of death.
We're in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonists
I'm in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonist!
I'll split you open
& climb inside
Lose myself
Eaten alive
We are the 1000 children of death!
From seraphim!
To nephilim!
To exodus!
[Verse 3]
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's clipping the wings
Of fallen angels!
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's tonguing splinters
Of broken halos!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
[Bridge]
From gelatin
To specimen
To emptiness
I will be avenged
I will be avenged
These are the secrets
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
We are the 1000 children of death
And she's a keeper...
[Verse 1]
Am I blurry
In your vision
Was I just
A poor decision
Cut me open
With precision
& we'll finger
The incision
Tell me what have I done
(quid pro quo)
To watch you lose
Control
(tunnel)
I will give you sanctuary
In these hymns of Thanatos...
I will give you sanctuary!
[Verse 2]
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
Shapeless vengeance!
(tunnel)
We are the 1000 children of death.
We're in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonists
I'm in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonist!
I'll split you open
& climb inside
Lose myself
Eaten alive
We are the 1000 children of death!
From seraphim!
To nephilim!
To exodus!
[Verse 3]
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's clipping the wings
Of fallen angels!
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's tonguing splinters
Of broken halos!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
[Bridge]
From gelatin
To specimen
To emptiness
I will be avenged
I will be avenged
These are the secrets
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
We are the 1000 children of death
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