"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.
""The bloodline traces back to the past From whence the first real Christians came The racist procreation remains In every goddamned rally riot and rage Eternal damnation divided by nation Fighting for land language and souls A kick to the face of pride Leave hypnotic control behind How is it that even now to this day This poison we're born with Still runs through our veins? Still runs through our veins? Still runs through our veins? Brainwash young minds They will learn what you teach practice what you preach Brainwash young minds Breed corruption Didn't you expect when you built your You built your your empire Your empire on pillars of cadavers Genocide yields power Your empire your empire On murder on murder That it would corrode with time Say how do you justify? Systematic eradication of the diversity The foundation of all humanity Say how do you justify? Putting words in my mouth Blood on my hands Hate in my heart Say how do you justify? Putting words in my mouth Blood on my hands Hate in my heart Say how do you justify? The bloodline traces back to the past From whence the first real Christians came The racist procreation remains In every goddamned rally riot and rage Eternal damnation divided by nation Fighting for land language and souls A kick to the face of pride An insult to all those who've died To all those who've died To all those who've died Brainwash young minds They will learn what you teach practice what you preach Brainwash young minds Breed corruption Didn't you expect when you built your You built your your empire Your empire on pillars of cadavers Genocide yields power Your empire your empire On murder on murder That it would corrode with time Say how do you justify? I lock eyes with the dark monolith towering over me I lock eyes with the dark monolith In my reflection I see our name printed for too many times Over and over again over again You cannot know the warm touch of the vengeance that calls Without the sting of the betrayal that afflicts us all You cannot know the warm touch of the vengeance that calls Without the sting of the betrayal that afflicts us all""
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I think this a song about religion and Christianity and how it brainwashes people.
Like, the bible is one of the most gruesome and violent books out there... what did they expect would result form that? They're surprised when people act in "un-godly" ways... but what is really un-godly? It seems killing and betrayal are the things taught to us in the bible. "Brainwash young minds - they will learn what you teach"
That's stupid, Christianity is a pacifist religion.. Even if the bible is full of death and crap, young minds would be pacifists if they were 'brainwashed'..
The Bible condones murder and violence....so long as it's under the mask called "war." Bullshit if there ever was any.<br /> <br /> Personally, I think the song is about the KKK/Neo-Nazis who claim to be Christians.