"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.
Brothers in one, ageless at heart
Shoulder to shoulder, we'll never die
Legions tonight, hell born and dark
Souls are alive as time marches on
Glorious might, sons of the Gods
Tyrants of loud, Our hearts? Red and black
We breathe in terror, and breathe out the light
Live to survive, we are one tonight
We live we die we kill we rise
American Metalhead
Burn through the night wolves are a pack
Forgotten sons and daughters alike
Lords of forever left stealin' from God
One live to live, we are taking it now
Evil bows tonight
Rise up!
Shoulder to shoulder, we'll never die
Legions tonight, hell born and dark
Souls are alive as time marches on
Glorious might, sons of the Gods
Tyrants of loud, Our hearts? Red and black
We breathe in terror, and breathe out the light
Live to survive, we are one tonight
We live we die we kill we rise
American Metalhead
Burn through the night wolves are a pack
Forgotten sons and daughters alike
Lords of forever left stealin' from God
One live to live, we are taking it now
Evil bows tonight
Rise up!
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