"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.
Many days and fewer nights, so I'm told
I've lost my time years ago, so I'm told
The explaining. The whispered words
This will be the hardest part, so I'm told
I wish my mind would work, unfold
The explaining. The whispered words
The front door opened to the look of death
Will this make sense? Will this be comforting at all?
The questions dive in day and night. Nothing we can do. Nothing I can do
Twists and turns must be answered
I hit land, so it seems
The dirt chokes up my legs, strong air then shoots down my throat
Sensory overload in an instant of sense
Charting through old water that I pushed away to drown
Into another
To find and be found
This is what I've set out to do. Where is this door?
The constant movement of my eyes. I can feel, but I can't open the lids
The back of my skin is scarred, torn and broken
A reflection of what I've seen. (What have I become?)
They let these people recreate. Maybe I should have ended it all
Too, too late?
Too, too late?
Moving forward is a must
Dig deep
Commence sleep
Dig deep
Commence sleep inside sleep
Dig deep
Commence sleep inside sleep
Silence
I come to
I'm close, very close. But something isn't right
A horrifying realization is swept over me
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
I've lost my time years ago, so I'm told
The explaining. The whispered words
This will be the hardest part, so I'm told
I wish my mind would work, unfold
The explaining. The whispered words
The front door opened to the look of death
Will this make sense? Will this be comforting at all?
The questions dive in day and night. Nothing we can do. Nothing I can do
Twists and turns must be answered
I hit land, so it seems
The dirt chokes up my legs, strong air then shoots down my throat
Sensory overload in an instant of sense
Charting through old water that I pushed away to drown
Into another
To find and be found
This is what I've set out to do. Where is this door?
The constant movement of my eyes. I can feel, but I can't open the lids
The back of my skin is scarred, torn and broken
A reflection of what I've seen. (What have I become?)
They let these people recreate. Maybe I should have ended it all
Too, too late?
Too, too late?
Moving forward is a must
Dig deep
Commence sleep
Dig deep
Commence sleep inside sleep
Dig deep
Commence sleep inside sleep
Silence
I come to
I'm close, very close. But something isn't right
A horrifying realization is swept over me
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
Home
The empty space of home
All I've known is gone
All I've loved is lost
Silence
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Lunar Wilderness Lyrics as written by Daniel Hanford Briggs Cartland Blake Richardson
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Prospect 1: He's lost time on this island. Evidence from the words state he actually is on the moon, and not an island. His boat was a ship and he was stranded on the moon. He loses his way and he doesn't know what to do with himself.
Prospect 2: He's stuck in hypersleep and can't open his eyes. He's no longer in control and he's regretting the choices he's made. He could have stopped what was happening.
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I'd love for some criticism and other ideas to perfect the story.
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