"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.
It´s just a second and this all crash
You made room for life but they blind you
It´s just a moment when you all scream
They're marching across the sand and through happiness
Silent waves I only hear them bleeding
The day has turned to darken the end
You cannot stand yourself
Struggle to keep all together
Why can´t I feel my legs
Why can´t I breath this open air
Opposite of fantasies ticking
Counting bodies of the loss
Mother Earth will serve the rich
As the death brings the silence
Silent waves...
Struggle In Disarray
Can´t breath this air
Beseech to cut my life
Struggle In Disarray
Can´t breath this air
Beseech to cut my life and let me
Struggle In Disarray
I can´t breath
Struggle In Disarray
Can´t breath this air
Beseech to cut my life and let me
It´s like a family you´ve never met
Can´t find no words no language to speak
It´s not a reason for what they´ve done
Enemies of well-to-do, Hysteria
Why can´t I feel my legs
Why can´t I breath this open air
Struggle in...
You made room for life but they blind you
It´s just a moment when you all scream
They're marching across the sand and through happiness
Silent waves I only hear them bleeding
The day has turned to darken the end
You cannot stand yourself
Struggle to keep all together
Why can´t I feel my legs
Why can´t I breath this open air
Opposite of fantasies ticking
Counting bodies of the loss
Mother Earth will serve the rich
As the death brings the silence
Silent waves...
Struggle In Disarray
Can´t breath this air
Beseech to cut my life
Struggle In Disarray
Can´t breath this air
Beseech to cut my life and let me
Struggle In Disarray
I can´t breath
Struggle In Disarray
Can´t breath this air
Beseech to cut my life and let me
It´s like a family you´ve never met
Can´t find no words no language to speak
It´s not a reason for what they´ve done
Enemies of well-to-do, Hysteria
Why can´t I feel my legs
Why can´t I breath this open air
Struggle in...
Lyrics submitted by KrudeDuse
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