"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.
Don't wanna take it slow
I wanna take you home
And watch the world explode
From underneath your glow
I wanna watch the way
You creep across my skull
You slowly enter
'Cause you know my room
And then crawl your knees off
Before you shake my tomb
I wanna watch you close
I need to see for sure
And then the tape is on
Who do you think we could show
I wanna watch the way
You creep across my skull
You slowly enter
'Cause you know my room
And then crawl your knees off
Before you shake my tomb
I wanna watch the way
You creep across my skull
You slowly enter
'Cause you know my room
And then crawl your knees off
Before you shake my tomb
You enter slowly
You know my room
You crawl your knees off
And then you shake my tomb
I wanna take you home
And watch the world explode
From underneath your glow
I wanna watch the way
You creep across my skull
You slowly enter
'Cause you know my room
And then crawl your knees off
Before you shake my tomb
I wanna watch you close
I need to see for sure
And then the tape is on
Who do you think we could show
I wanna watch the way
You creep across my skull
You slowly enter
'Cause you know my room
And then crawl your knees off
Before you shake my tomb
I wanna watch the way
You creep across my skull
You slowly enter
'Cause you know my room
And then crawl your knees off
Before you shake my tomb
You enter slowly
You know my room
You crawl your knees off
And then you shake my tomb
Lyrics submitted by quleid, edited by dpaxton, Se7enBeans, tearosee, Jokinn, hanners710, Rindigo, inkitwell
You've Seen the Butcher Lyrics as written by Abran Cunningham Abe Cunningham
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This song is very sexual in nature. It is present in the structure and execution of it collectively.
The person you show during the act of sex, can be a person you choose to be. Much like all other instances of existence, it can either be an act or be real. This entire album I feel, deals with the concept of opening up and being comfortable with who you are in all regards.
Having said that, this track in particular deals with the very bare element of being more attracted to the act as apposed to the person putting on the act. Impression is something that a person seems put great thought into as a way of gaining acceptance or connection (physically, mentally) and although the person is hidden beneath the persona they put on, it is something you have to appreciate and work with before they will allow you to see the person underneath.
In a casual sex relationship, over time, regardless of whether you want it to or not. The physical act soon starts to hint at emotional bond and breaks a person down to reveal true emotional feelings through very physical acts. The Butcher, in my opinion is the person who unintentionally starts to break down the other.