"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.
Are the Wings of Angels all a lie
Tell me is this not you
Are these Signs and
Warnings all we know Tell me is this not you
West Wind at my shoulder,
North Wind at my back
On the Bridge of Death no turning back
The Cavern waits before me,
a Falcon at my fist Seven Rings of Knowledge I exist . . .
to Kill ! ! !
Guardian of the Red Queen,
Seven Rivers wide
This won't end til one of us has died
Eternal Death devour those who left their
Mark Bleeding all the Light out of the Dark . . .
to Kill ! ! !
Gods of the Night,
Gods of Day Lead me to another place
We have the Force to make Wrong Right
As the River leaves the stream
All your yesterdays, shining bands unfold
With the Power to Smash
WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD
Arrows rip my shoulder, forge a distant
Prize Shadows of their Might I know their
Eyes On the Black Horizon see our Banners Wave
Baring all Perdition for the Brave . . .
to Kill ! ! !
Gods of the Night,
Gods of Day Lead me to another place
We have the Force to make Wrong Right
As the River runs away . . .
All your yesterdays, shining bands of gold
With the Guardian that hangs on the Pine
We are Children of those who left their Mark
With the Power to Smash ! ! ! ! ! ! !
WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD
All your yesterdays shine on Wings of Light
Sky Father, Lord of our Sorrows, our Victory is at hand Watch us . . .
SHINE ! ! !
Gods of the Night, where are you now?
I laugh at your Fate !
Fortune's on the run, see it now . . .
WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD ! ! !
Will we ever meet again
Will we see the Light of Love At the Edge of the
World Hold it now will we see the
Sun Arise Recognize
the God in Man at the Edge of the World
I Crown Us . . . . . . .
KINGS ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tell me is this not you
Are these Signs and
Warnings all we know Tell me is this not you
West Wind at my shoulder,
North Wind at my back
On the Bridge of Death no turning back
The Cavern waits before me,
a Falcon at my fist Seven Rings of Knowledge I exist . . .
to Kill ! ! !
Guardian of the Red Queen,
Seven Rivers wide
This won't end til one of us has died
Eternal Death devour those who left their
Mark Bleeding all the Light out of the Dark . . .
to Kill ! ! !
Gods of the Night,
Gods of Day Lead me to another place
We have the Force to make Wrong Right
As the River leaves the stream
All your yesterdays, shining bands unfold
With the Power to Smash
WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD
Arrows rip my shoulder, forge a distant
Prize Shadows of their Might I know their
Eyes On the Black Horizon see our Banners Wave
Baring all Perdition for the Brave . . .
to Kill ! ! !
Gods of the Night,
Gods of Day Lead me to another place
We have the Force to make Wrong Right
As the River runs away . . .
All your yesterdays, shining bands of gold
With the Guardian that hangs on the Pine
We are Children of those who left their Mark
With the Power to Smash ! ! ! ! ! ! !
WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD
All your yesterdays shine on Wings of Light
Sky Father, Lord of our Sorrows, our Victory is at hand Watch us . . .
SHINE ! ! !
Gods of the Night, where are you now?
I laugh at your Fate !
Fortune's on the run, see it now . . .
WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE CONQUERED YOU ALL WE CAME, WE SAW,
WE LIVE BY THE SWORD ! ! !
Will we ever meet again
Will we see the Light of Love At the Edge of the
World Hold it now will we see the
Sun Arise Recognize
the God in Man at the Edge of the World
I Crown Us . . . . . . .
KINGS ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Lyrics submitted by KrudeDuse
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