"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.
Here tonight I clock a thousand heads
Here to unite, through common dreads
Now who's with me?
Now who's with me?
Something trips inside
That's been dormant for a thousand years
Now we can no longer hide
The immediacy of these fears
Our names will not be writ on water
And we don't need an ark
One day I know the dam will collapse
And we will be the current
Yes, what have you got for me?
And now the flood gates will open
Strike
You cannot open the door
You cannot open the door
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will swim together
No longer treading water
We're flowing with the tide
And you can taste the night
Don't waste the night
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
And still we will be here
Standing like statues
The time is now, belt it brothers
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
Here to unite, through common dreads
Now who's with me?
Now who's with me?
Something trips inside
That's been dormant for a thousand years
Now we can no longer hide
The immediacy of these fears
Our names will not be writ on water
And we don't need an ark
One day I know the dam will collapse
And we will be the current
Yes, what have you got for me?
And now the flood gates will open
Strike
You cannot open the door
You cannot open the door
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will swim together
No longer treading water
We're flowing with the tide
And you can taste the night
Don't waste the night
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
And still we will be here
Standing like statues
The time is now, belt it brothers
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
We will sing as one in solidarity
We will sing together
Lyrics submitted by Haunted Devil
Solidarity Lyrics as written by Liam Rory Clewlow Chris Batten
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Here tonight I clock a thousand heads Here to unite, through common dreads Now who's with me? (Ho!) Now who's with me? (Ho!)
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Yes... what have you got for me? Oooh!
And now the flood gates will open Arrghhh! You cannot hold back the tide! You cannot hold back the tide!
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And still we will be here, (we're not hiding) standing like statues
Solidarity, solidarity, we will stand together (We're not hiding) (And still we will be here, standing like statues)
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