"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.
Soaking through
Colours that hold us up against the wall
Soaking through
Colours that hold us up against the wall
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(Twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
Soaking through
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(I twisted the knife and)
Ah, she looked into your eyes
And saw what laid beneath
Don't try to save yourself
The circle is complete
We're reaching out and to tell you
Nothing else can touch me
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
Soaking through
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
Ah, she looked into your eyes
And saw what laid beneath
Don't try to save yourself
The circle is complete
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(I twisted the knife and)
Fading gently
Soaking through
And starting not to show at all
We're reaching out and to take you
Nothing else can touch me
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall, rinse me (I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
Colours that hold us up against the wall
Soaking through
Colours that hold us up against the wall
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(Twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
Soaking through
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(I twisted the knife and)
Ah, she looked into your eyes
And saw what laid beneath
Don't try to save yourself
The circle is complete
We're reaching out and to tell you
Nothing else can touch me
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
Soaking through
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
Ah, she looked into your eyes
And saw what laid beneath
Don't try to save yourself
The circle is complete
(I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
(I twisted the knife and)
Fading gently
Soaking through
And starting not to show at all
We're reaching out and to take you
Nothing else can touch me
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall
Soaking through
Hold your colours against the wall
When they take everything away
Hold your colours against the wall, rinse me (I twisted the knife and opened your eyes)
Lyrics submitted by Solitare142
Hold Your Colour Lyrics as written by Robert Swire Thompson
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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