"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.
I am the Amazon
A warrior in shades
I rule my dynasty
Your holiday in Hades
I am the Amazon
The zombie femme from hell
I walk where money talks
My army dies to tell
Cry baby, cry
See Emily play
Kiss earth goodbye
Hello, judgment day
Boom, boom, bye-bye
The demons be gone
Bomb 'til you drop
A space marathon
The vultures feed
We're selling our souls
Big Money talks
Big Money controls
Enola Gay
Launch massive attack
Hurrah, hurrah
The army strikes back
Behold United Nations
Come hear my prophecy
Destroy civilization
Come join the mutiny
The gods of earth and heaven
The rich and infamous
The world implodes forever
Collapse the universe
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah
Nothing's gonna save us this time
We are going down
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah
Godzilla roars
Nations on parade
War end all wars
A nuclear cascade
Hailstorm immense
A crash and a bang
Nature's revenge
The last tiger fang
The vultures feed
We're selling our souls
Big Money talks
Big Money controls
Enola Gay
Launch massive attack
Hurrah, hurrah
The army strikes back
The hungry beast of horror
Six hundred sixty six
Let rockets build a cover
On my plutonium whigs
One hundred fallen angels
One thousand Babylons
The sound of bomb, alarm bells
And screaming electrons
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah
Nothing's gonna save us this time
We are going down
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah
I am the Amazon
A warrior in shades
I rule my dynasty
Your holiday in Hades
I am the Amazon
The zombie femme from hell
I walk where money talks
My army dies to tell
My army dies to tell
Hurrah
Hurrah, hurrah
Hurrah, hurrah
Cry baby, cry
See Emily play
Kiss earth goodbye
Hello, judgment day
Boom, boom, bye-bye
The demons be gone
Bomb 'til you drop
A space marathon
The vultures feed
We're selling our souls
Big Money talks
Big Money controls
Enola Gay
Launch massive attack
Hurrah, hurrah
The army strikes back
Destroy, destroy destruction
Until the bitter end
The final satisfaction
Construction time again
Beyond the war and sorrow
We break the holy seal
A brand new world tomorrow
A world of make believe
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah
Nothing's gonna save us this time
We are going down
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah
A warrior in shades
I rule my dynasty
Your holiday in Hades
I am the Amazon
The zombie femme from hell
I walk where money talks
My army dies to tell
Cry baby, cry
See Emily play
Kiss earth goodbye
Hello, judgment day
Boom, boom, bye-bye
The demons be gone
Bomb 'til you drop
A space marathon
The vultures feed
We're selling our souls
Big Money talks
Big Money controls
Enola Gay
Launch massive attack
Hurrah, hurrah
The army strikes back
Behold United Nations
Come hear my prophecy
Destroy civilization
Come join the mutiny
The gods of earth and heaven
The rich and infamous
The world implodes forever
Collapse the universe
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah
Nothing's gonna save us this time
We are going down
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah
Godzilla roars
Nations on parade
War end all wars
A nuclear cascade
Hailstorm immense
A crash and a bang
Nature's revenge
The last tiger fang
The vultures feed
We're selling our souls
Big Money talks
Big Money controls
Enola Gay
Launch massive attack
Hurrah, hurrah
The army strikes back
The hungry beast of horror
Six hundred sixty six
Let rockets build a cover
On my plutonium whigs
One hundred fallen angels
One thousand Babylons
The sound of bomb, alarm bells
And screaming electrons
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah
Nothing's gonna save us this time
We are going down
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah
I am the Amazon
A warrior in shades
I rule my dynasty
Your holiday in Hades
I am the Amazon
The zombie femme from hell
I walk where money talks
My army dies to tell
My army dies to tell
Hurrah
Hurrah, hurrah
Hurrah, hurrah
Cry baby, cry
See Emily play
Kiss earth goodbye
Hello, judgment day
Boom, boom, bye-bye
The demons be gone
Bomb 'til you drop
A space marathon
The vultures feed
We're selling our souls
Big Money talks
Big Money controls
Enola Gay
Launch massive attack
Hurrah, hurrah
The army strikes back
Destroy, destroy destruction
Until the bitter end
The final satisfaction
Construction time again
Beyond the war and sorrow
We break the holy seal
A brand new world tomorrow
A world of make believe
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah, hurrah, apocalypse
Hurrah
Nothing's gonna save us this time
We are going down
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
(Apocalypse)
Hurrah
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Hurrah Hurrah Apocalypse Lyrics as written by Anders Wilhelm Wollbeck Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard
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