"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.
""Let's finish this!!! NOW we FALL APART at the SEAMS then see that NOTHING'S CHANGED! THIS LIFE LIES! Oh my god knows! That everybody wants to be the NEXT ONE TO BOW! You'd let your MOTHER FALL ON DOWN! Do my eyes deceive me?? DO MY EARS BELIEVE ME??? ONE GOD GREATER THAN ALL RELIGION! GIVE IT TO!!! I HAVE NO TIME!! so I say: DIE!! POLTERGEIST! DIE! POLTERGEIST! DIE! POLTERGEIST! GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) DIE! POLTERGEIST! I HAVE NEVER KNOWN YOUR WAR! GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) Now we come to the end! DIE! POLTERGEIST! DIE! POLTERGEIST! GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) GIVE UNTO ME! (Wait!) I AM RIGHT HERE AND I AM NOT FRIGHTENED... ARE WE CLEAR?? ARE WE??? YOU NEVER COME ROUND YOU WILL NOT BE WELCOME YOU WILL NOT!!! YOU HAVE BEEN VANQUISHED LET GO!!! I'VE CONQUERED MY SOUL! VANQUISHED... NOW GO!!!! EXORCISE YOURSELF! AND STAND FOR WHAT YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN! Now! We all know the peace of mind that comes from the fight! (FIGHT!) NOW! WE STAND TALL FOREVER AND SEEK THE ONE TRUE LIGHT! SAY IT TO THE WORLD! So we've arrived no one depends on me. So with forces far from gone?? No way! NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY! THERE'S GLORY TO THE BRAVE!! GLORY TO THE BRAVE!! STAND!!!!!!""
Lyrics submitted by hallowedbe666
Poltergeist Lyrics as written by Devin Garrett Townsend
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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