"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 all of the corpses
Walk step by step
To the rhythm of your once beating heart
Over and over they march, on and on
To the same old songs
Trying to find something worth living for
No more ghosts or memories to hold me back
A fresh start is all I have ever asked
I watch my body slowly turn from blue to black
And on and on and on
Some times it hurts the most to be who you are
You can change your mind, you can't change your heart
To find the end you gotta know where to start
And on and on and on
You said she is so evil but
She looks like heaven to me
I'd follow her to hell and back again
I swear I'd sign my name in blood
That dripped down from my veins
I swore I'd never tell
I know where to go as skyway stars align
Point the blame, clear your name or just kill the time
My dreams slowly turn, they turn to black and white
They die, they die, they die
You said she is so evil but
She looks like heaven to me
I'd follow her to hell and back again
I swear I'd sign my name in blood
That dripped down from my veins
I swore I'd never tell
And on, and on
You said she is so evil but
She looks like heaven to me
I'd follow her to hell and back again
I swear I'd sign my name in blood
That dripped down from my veins
I swore I'd never tell
Walk step by step
To the rhythm of your once beating heart
Over and over they march, on and on
To the same old songs
Trying to find something worth living for
No more ghosts or memories to hold me back
A fresh start is all I have ever asked
I watch my body slowly turn from blue to black
And on and on and on
Some times it hurts the most to be who you are
You can change your mind, you can't change your heart
To find the end you gotta know where to start
And on and on and on
You said she is so evil but
She looks like heaven to me
I'd follow her to hell and back again
I swear I'd sign my name in blood
That dripped down from my veins
I swore I'd never tell
I know where to go as skyway stars align
Point the blame, clear your name or just kill the time
My dreams slowly turn, they turn to black and white
They die, they die, they die
You said she is so evil but
She looks like heaven to me
I'd follow her to hell and back again
I swear I'd sign my name in blood
That dripped down from my veins
I swore I'd never tell
And on, and on
You said she is so evil but
She looks like heaven to me
I'd follow her to hell and back again
I swear I'd sign my name in blood
That dripped down from my veins
I swore I'd never tell
Lyrics submitted by xXdevinXcoreXx
Corps of Corpses Lyrics as written by James Ii Woodruff Eron Bucciarelli-tieger
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Great version of a great song,
aha reminds me of me and my girlfreind ...!
At least I get second comment, lol.
I guess it's about someone who's obsessed with this hardcore badass girl? Or maybe someone who's obsessed with this unbelieveably(sp?) beautiful girl, but this girl is evil, and uses people to get what she wants and ends up changing them because they're so distracted by her beauty and they don't realize that she's practically brainwashing them to get them to turn in to something that they are definately not and someone who they don't even recognize...which would explain this: "No more ghosts or memories to hold me back A fresh start is all I have ever asked I watch my body slowly turn from blue to black And on and on and on Some times it hurts the most to be who you are You can change your mind, you can't change your heart To find the end you gotta know where to start And on and on and on"
Yeahhhh. By the way, does this song remind anyone of the song "Falling Down" by Atreyu?
Awesome song, anyhow.
Lol, yeah totally reminds me of a relationship that i was once in. Totally can relate to this. People tell me that she was a bad girl but didnt see it for quit some time.
"You said she is so evil but, she looks like heaven to me. Id follow her to hell and back again."
Definitely says it right there.
my favorite part is deffinately this part..:
No more ghosts or memories to hold me back A fresh start is all I have ever asked I watch my body slowly turn from blue to black And on and on and on Some times it hurts the most to be who you are You can change your mind, you can't change your heart To find the end you gotta know where to start And on and on and on
the rest of the song is really good too, but this part speaks to me the most, and what this means to me is alot more significant than the rest... its just really special to me, im moving to a new state soon which means i get a fresh start, away from all the people who have watched me grow up and make a ton of mistakes, and im in the mindset of trying to heal all of the rough patches once and for all, so i have no regrets when i get to my new home.
yeah, i find myself listening to this song alot.. (: