"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.
Hate the living, love the dead
Smashing embryos, cut off heads
Find the brain for my bride-to-be
We'll bear our children, Adam and Eve
Put me together with the bodies of the dead
And I will wait for life and breathe again
Hate the living, love the dead
Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin
Wake this eternal sleep she's in
And we'll breed for you, on your command
Hate the living, love the dead
Nerves steady, hands are sure
Bride reborn to view with horror
Blackened eyes, blood-stained hands
Hate the living, love the dead
Put me together with the bodies of the dead
And I will wait for life and breathe again
Hate the living, love the dead
Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin
Wake this eternal sleep she's in
And we'll breed for you, on your command
Hate the living, love the dead
Put me together with the bodies of the dead
And I will wait for life and breathe again
Hate the living, love the dead
Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin
Wake this eternal sleep she's in
And we'll breed for you, on your command
Hate the living, love the dead
Oh
Smashing embryos, cut off heads
Find the brain for my bride-to-be
We'll bear our children, Adam and Eve
Put me together with the bodies of the dead
And I will wait for life and breathe again
Hate the living, love the dead
Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin
Wake this eternal sleep she's in
And we'll breed for you, on your command
Hate the living, love the dead
Nerves steady, hands are sure
Bride reborn to view with horror
Blackened eyes, blood-stained hands
Hate the living, love the dead
Put me together with the bodies of the dead
And I will wait for life and breathe again
Hate the living, love the dead
Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin
Wake this eternal sleep she's in
And we'll breed for you, on your command
Hate the living, love the dead
Put me together with the bodies of the dead
And I will wait for life and breathe again
Hate the living, love the dead
Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin
Wake this eternal sleep she's in
And we'll breed for you, on your command
Hate the living, love the dead
Oh
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Hate the Living, Love the Dead Lyrics as written by Jerry Caiafa David Calabrese
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When he yells "hate the living, love the dead" it makes me want to sign right along. so awesome
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And a great song by the way.....................
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Just thought I would throw this in there...
I don't know if anyone has confirmation that this is about Bride of Frankenstein, but I also thought there was a chance this song was about Re-animator/Bride of the Re-Animator. Just sounds like it with all the gore imagery... however, the "We will breed for you on your command" part doesn't really fit in with that interpretation to well.
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