"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 answer with a restless ok but I'm about to blow when you're gone
I keep this to myself; a restless ok but I fear the dawn
I've never been afraid to hide up in the dark
It's the first morning stream of pure light that makes me rather swim with the sharks
And it'll make me say I'm ok even though it hurts more if I stay
And I'm ok. Yes, I'm ok. If that'll make your questions go away
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm cold, I'm cold, in a way I just want to stay
And I'm cold, I'm stone cold, this way
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
Reckon I'll close the door
Just pull down the curtains stay close to the floor
Mercy is for the weak; we do not train to be merciful here
Mercy is everything I fear; we do not train to see mercy here
Crawling again
The heart is screaming with a smile
Pride says no because of the stain
The heart pounds for love, but pride says no
Because of what the heart is longing for
I'm not sure, I'm not sure I want to be a man anymore
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
Reckon I'll close the door
Just pull down the curtains stay close to the floor
Mercy is for the weak; we do not train to be merciful here
Mercy is everything I fear; we do not train to see mercy here
The heart pounds for love, but pride says no
Because of what the heart is longing for
I'm not sure, I'm not sure I want to be a man anymore
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
This choice I've got to make,
I've got to make alone
A heart of stone
A heart of stone
This choice I've got to make
I've got to make it true
A heart broken in two
This choice I've got to make,
I've got to make alone
A heart of stone
A heart of stone
Reckon I'll close the door
Just pull down the curtains stay close to the floor
Mercy is for the weak; we do not train to be merciful here
Mercy is everything I fear; we do not train to see mercy here
I keep this to myself; a restless ok but I fear the dawn
I've never been afraid to hide up in the dark
It's the first morning stream of pure light that makes me rather swim with the sharks
And it'll make me say I'm ok even though it hurts more if I stay
And I'm ok. Yes, I'm ok. If that'll make your questions go away
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm cold, I'm cold, in a way I just want to stay
And I'm cold, I'm stone cold, this way
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
Reckon I'll close the door
Just pull down the curtains stay close to the floor
Mercy is for the weak; we do not train to be merciful here
Mercy is everything I fear; we do not train to see mercy here
Crawling again
The heart is screaming with a smile
Pride says no because of the stain
The heart pounds for love, but pride says no
Because of what the heart is longing for
I'm not sure, I'm not sure I want to be a man anymore
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
Reckon I'll close the door
Just pull down the curtains stay close to the floor
Mercy is for the weak; we do not train to be merciful here
Mercy is everything I fear; we do not train to see mercy here
The heart pounds for love, but pride says no
Because of what the heart is longing for
I'm not sure, I'm not sure I want to be a man anymore
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
I'm a vampire, I'm a vampire
I'm afraid the light will set me on fire
This choice I've got to make,
I've got to make alone
A heart of stone
A heart of stone
This choice I've got to make
I've got to make it true
A heart broken in two
This choice I've got to make,
I've got to make alone
A heart of stone
A heart of stone
Reckon I'll close the door
Just pull down the curtains stay close to the floor
Mercy is for the weak; we do not train to be merciful here
Mercy is everything I fear; we do not train to see mercy here
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
King of the Closet Lyrics as written by Marcus Tobias Dahlstroem Christian Thell Lindskog
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