"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 is the story of a girl who sits in a dark room
Wondering what's to become of her
Her makeup is smeared and blood fills her dark heart
The addiction is slowly sinking in
With bloodshot eyes, she starts hallucinating,
The track marks fading from her arms
She's as white as the snowfall
And she's clung to the ceiling.
Dancing dirty needles, broke the tip off her skin
The promises and false hopes are injected in her veins
It's almost Armageddon as she falls to the floor
Guilt straught affliction, now comatose
(In her head, she forgets. Her reason for living)
Emptiness she feels room spin, Somebody call a doctor, we need an ambulance
Trapped in this black hole
Abandoned, alone.
And I'm here for you.
I am so sick,I am so sick
I am so fucking sick of this
Roses are red, violets are blue, the pedals fall like tears
A pictures worth a thousand words, so light it up and watch it burn (ash to ash, lust to dust)
Strike a match, incinerate, feel the flames of upon your face
Dancing dirty needles, broke the tip of her skin
The promises and false hopes are injected in her veins
It's almost Armageddon as she falls to the floor
Guilt straught affliction, now comatose
(In her head, she forgets. Her reason for living)
Emptiness she feels room spin, Somebody call a doctor we need an ambulance
Sick as she smiles
One last goodbye this girl she cried so hard
Broken bones but I can't help her
She's too far gone, apocolips, she soon will die.
This love (this love)
This love (this love)
This love and I can't let her go for my body and soul
This love (this love)
This love (this love)
This love and I can't let her go for my body and soul
Wondering what's to become of her
Her makeup is smeared and blood fills her dark heart
The addiction is slowly sinking in
With bloodshot eyes, she starts hallucinating,
The track marks fading from her arms
She's as white as the snowfall
And she's clung to the ceiling.
Dancing dirty needles, broke the tip off her skin
The promises and false hopes are injected in her veins
It's almost Armageddon as she falls to the floor
Guilt straught affliction, now comatose
(In her head, she forgets. Her reason for living)
Emptiness she feels room spin, Somebody call a doctor, we need an ambulance
Trapped in this black hole
Abandoned, alone.
And I'm here for you.
I am so sick,I am so sick
I am so fucking sick of this
Roses are red, violets are blue, the pedals fall like tears
A pictures worth a thousand words, so light it up and watch it burn (ash to ash, lust to dust)
Strike a match, incinerate, feel the flames of upon your face
Dancing dirty needles, broke the tip of her skin
The promises and false hopes are injected in her veins
It's almost Armageddon as she falls to the floor
Guilt straught affliction, now comatose
(In her head, she forgets. Her reason for living)
Emptiness she feels room spin, Somebody call a doctor we need an ambulance
Sick as she smiles
One last goodbye this girl she cried so hard
Broken bones but I can't help her
She's too far gone, apocolips, she soon will die.
This love (this love)
This love (this love)
This love and I can't let her go for my body and soul
This love (this love)
This love (this love)
This love and I can't let her go for my body and soul
Lyrics submitted by ScreamoLoverForever1394
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Okay so I’m answering my own question, that’s kinda stupid lol. So the lyrics here are not wrong they are just alternate one that MIW has done. I believe these ones are from the old apocolips that I just watched on YouTube with the same lyrics. But the song that is on Apple Music is another version with less lyrics.
Whoever typed these out... FAIL! These lyrics are completely wrong, and out of place.
@LesPaulSmith22 actually not they are alternate ones. This video proves it m.youtube.com/watch
The link doesn’t work unfortunately but check out apocolips with lyrics and you’ll find it hopefully
I don’t know why but these lyrics are not exactly the ones that Chris sing. Like there are parts of it that he sing but others that are just not in the song.
The parts with « dancing dirty needles », « trapped in this black hole », « roses are red » and « a picture worth… » are not in the song at all. There are the same lyrics on Apple Music too, that’s maybe why it is here too? And every time I’m looking at them I’m just like wtf are they doing here ?
Someone would have an explanation for me, I don’t expect much since it’s an old song and there are only few comments on here so please ???? Thanks
The song is still awesome and one of my favorites but the lyrics are just not it, even though they are good.