"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.
Messenger
sanctified at your birth
ordained by fate
be worthy of your might
Halleluia, hail the holy man
who by right
divine right
gives the command to kneel down
pay your tithe
and then repent
you sinners, repent
you sinners, repent
Hell lies in the heart
purge your spirit free
no refuge in the church
swindlers cry " REPENT !"
Hell lies in the heart
purge your spirit free
no refuge in the church
oh holy man repent
Hell lies in the heart
faith appears in waves
no refuge in the church
in solitude repent
Messenger
self proclaimed prophet
blackening hearts
while cloaked in sacred white
Resist the call to hatred
by holy men
intolerant
your prophets speak of peace on earth
tolerance is
unconditional
Angels fall
night shining in their breath
haunting your dreams
awakening dark desires
The messenger will claim your soul
beware his kiss
serpent's lips
evil within angelic skin
poison plasma
body and blood
sanctified at your birth
ordained by fate
be worthy of your might
Halleluia, hail the holy man
who by right
divine right
gives the command to kneel down
pay your tithe
and then repent
you sinners, repent
you sinners, repent
Hell lies in the heart
purge your spirit free
no refuge in the church
swindlers cry " REPENT !"
Hell lies in the heart
purge your spirit free
no refuge in the church
oh holy man repent
Hell lies in the heart
faith appears in waves
no refuge in the church
in solitude repent
Messenger
self proclaimed prophet
blackening hearts
while cloaked in sacred white
Resist the call to hatred
by holy men
intolerant
your prophets speak of peace on earth
tolerance is
unconditional
Angels fall
night shining in their breath
haunting your dreams
awakening dark desires
The messenger will claim your soul
beware his kiss
serpent's lips
evil within angelic skin
poison plasma
body and blood
Lyrics submitted by sepultura1987
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