"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.
With mouth that opens wide
They sit and watch me die
But we dance in perfect circles
And sing in perfect times
The sharpened lining in the sky
The skyline drips, and we watch them burn
The skyline drips, and we watch them burn
Never quite like these disappearing facts
The skyline drips, and we watch them burn
The skyline drips, and we watch them
Sing that no-one's watching
Sing that no-one's watching for us
Sing that no-one's watching
Will you make sure that I'm long gone?
It's going cold in the sunshine
It's going cold in the sunshine
It's going cold in the sunshine
It's going cold in the sunshine
We light the fires
And we burn the churches
And we drown the children
Bring down the caskets
And where were you when they nailed him to the cross?
And where were you when they nailed him to the cross?
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
And he is far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
And he is far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
And he is far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
With mouth that opens wide
They sit and watch me die
But we dance in perfect circles
And sing in perfect times
With mouth that opens wide
They sit and watch me die
But we dance in perfect circles
And sing in perfect times
They sit and watch me die
But we dance in perfect circles
And sing in perfect times
The sharpened lining in the sky
The skyline drips, and we watch them burn
The skyline drips, and we watch them burn
Never quite like these disappearing facts
The skyline drips, and we watch them burn
The skyline drips, and we watch them
Sing that no-one's watching
Sing that no-one's watching for us
Sing that no-one's watching
Will you make sure that I'm long gone?
It's going cold in the sunshine
It's going cold in the sunshine
It's going cold in the sunshine
It's going cold in the sunshine
We light the fires
And we burn the churches
And we drown the children
Bring down the caskets
And where were you when they nailed him to the cross?
And where were you when they nailed him to the cross?
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
God sent his son to save our lives, and he'll come shining bright
And he is far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
And he is far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
And he is far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
far from the truth but his angel is calling
With mouth that opens wide
They sit and watch me die
But we dance in perfect circles
And sing in perfect times
With mouth that opens wide
They sit and watch me die
But we dance in perfect circles
And sing in perfect times
Lyrics submitted by Haunted Devil
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