"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.
This ship is sinking deeper and deeper
We've abandoned this vessel and left the captain for dead
Waves thirst for our passing,
waves thirst for our passing
Prepare for the struggle, prepare to engage
Our armor tight to the skin, this shield it bears his name
We are strapped to the teeth
But our swords are lodged tightly in our throats
We are going under
We cannot swim under these conditions
We're drowning quicker and quicker
We cannot swim, we cannot swim
We can't swim under these conditions
We are drowning quicker and quicker
We cannot swim, we cannot swim under these conditions
We have become what we have feared
We have become what we have feared
Being one with this world
We've become one with this world
Pray for heaven's titans to rain down, spare us the pain
We're going under, we're going under
Pray for heaven's titans to rain down, spare us the pain
We're going under, we're going under
under, under, under
We've abandoned this vessel and left the captain for dead
Waves thirst for our passing,
waves thirst for our passing
Prepare for the struggle, prepare to engage
Our armor tight to the skin, this shield it bears his name
We are strapped to the teeth
But our swords are lodged tightly in our throats
We are going under
We cannot swim under these conditions
We're drowning quicker and quicker
We cannot swim, we cannot swim
We can't swim under these conditions
We are drowning quicker and quicker
We cannot swim, we cannot swim under these conditions
We have become what we have feared
We have become what we have feared
Being one with this world
We've become one with this world
Pray for heaven's titans to rain down, spare us the pain
We're going under, we're going under
Pray for heaven's titans to rain down, spare us the pain
We're going under, we're going under
under, under, under
Lyrics submitted by xturnandforfeitx
Marianas Trench Lyrics as written by Dustin Davidson Brent Rambler
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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