"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.
As the moon ascends
The wolves come to see the end
They hide from view and wait
To watch the ghost inside you come awake
And when the shots go off
You'll hear them call
My heart is racing just to see it all
To watch you crawl out of you changing shape
To take out your breath and watch it come awake
From the flames of the fire
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky,
I watch you climb into me
With your knees open
On display you taunt the beast again
'Cause when you move and shake
That thing inside you comes awake
As you dance against the breathing walls
My claws are out I want to feel it all
Feel it crawl inside you changing shape
Take out your breath and feel you come awake
From the flames of the fire,
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky,
I watch you climb into me
Say something, pray for something
Say something, pray or something
Say something, pray for something
Say something, pray or something
Say something, pray or something
From the flames of the fire,
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky,
I watch you climb into me
SAY SOMETHING! PRAY OR SOMETHING!
SAY SOMETHING! PRAY FOR SOMETHING!
SAY
The wolves come to see the end
They hide from view and wait
To watch the ghost inside you come awake
And when the shots go off
You'll hear them call
My heart is racing just to see it all
To watch you crawl out of you changing shape
To take out your breath and watch it come awake
From the flames of the fire
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky,
I watch you climb into me
With your knees open
On display you taunt the beast again
'Cause when you move and shake
That thing inside you comes awake
As you dance against the breathing walls
My claws are out I want to feel it all
Feel it crawl inside you changing shape
Take out your breath and feel you come awake
From the flames of the fire,
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky,
I watch you climb into me
Say something, pray for something
Say something, pray or something
Say something, pray for something
Say something, pray or something
Say something, pray or something
From the flames of the fire,
I feel you crawl into my bed
Throwing shapes at the sky,
I watch you climb into me
SAY SOMETHING! PRAY OR SOMETHING!
SAY SOMETHING! PRAY FOR SOMETHING!
SAY
Lyrics submitted by Azazel23
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Don't think I have an audience yet, but I'll try to post a comment.. Only once hopefully.. Censorship non rights hack my iPod.
There was a girl from my dreams from the long before past. So beautiful that it seemed I couldn't even escape.. Note the wolves come out to see the end.. She was the conditions of the shapeshifter from Texas massacre if you had my version. But to me she was already dead.. Note "ghost".
As the moon ascends, the wolves come out to see the end. They hide from(per) view and wait. To watch the ghost inside you Come awake(go away)
And as the shots go off(show begins you'll hear "them"call) shots go off you'll hear them(dogs) call My heart is racing just to see it you(you dog)(doc.) To watch you crawl out of your changing shape(shapeshifter trait) (jugend shame)(jaded shame) Take all your breath and feel you come awake(go away) - it's a play on words. Take her breath away("in love"-come awake) also you can take the line literally(death, kill go away)
From the flames, or in fire, I feel you crawl into my bed(veins)
With your knees all bent(hurt or transforming/or praying.Or open( you know...) On display you taunt the beast again..:( or I'll display you taunt the beast again.. Cause when you move and shake(:( That thing inside you(soul) comes awake(goes away:(
As you dance(acid dance) against the breathing walls. My claws are right/ are hate/are height/ arrive. Oh won't you feel at all? I want to feel it all. Feel it ( to obtain good feeling within) crawl inside you changing shape(*) Take all your breath and feel you come awake! Say something, pray for something Say something pray to something! Say!
@Heeltoehole <br /> If u knew they created Paris or hitler in 1992 at the time it might have just been changing shape(but setting me up I like to make hard on no led and the prez.. 4 years does change a persons opinion about morals and mistakes of an 11 year old.. And writing all the lyrics and 5 Warner movies will do that
@Heeltoehole Type mistake u=I
@Heeltoehole wow a bunch of typos now that I look at it . Steve/Mary?
@Heeltoehole wish you needed people's permission to use their thoughts of ideas.. Whatever brew it worth it
Feel it crawl inside your jaded shame Feel it crawl inside your ju gend shame