"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.
You beat me down and I crawl on the floor
You lift me up and I'm begging for more
You know by now what I fucking abhor
Don't ever stop it's never enough
You fill my heart with your terrible lies
And then again I see truth in your eyes
You always know what I fucking despise
Don't ever think it's too much too much
Come on come on come on come on
Rule me!
You hold my life in one hand
Come on come on come on come on
Fool me
So many things to pretend
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
You scrape my scar and you scratch on the nerve
You make it heal and i'm begging to serve
You know the best what I fucking deserve
Don't ever stop it's never enough
You've got the cure and I'm begging you please
You please come fill me up with another disease
You'll always be such a fucking release
Don't ever think it's too much, too much
Come on come on come on come on
Rule me!
You hold my life in one hand
Come on come on come on come on
Fool me
So many things to pretend
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
Come!
Come!
Come!
Come!
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
Kiss me, rape me
You give me reason to live
Deflorate me
You give me anything
Love me, trick me
You give me reason to live
Come and kick me
You give me anything
Come!
Come!
Come!
Come!
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
Kiss me, rape me
You give me reason to live
Deflorate me
You give me anything
Love me, trick me
You give me reason to live
Come and kick me
You give me anything
Come!
Come!
Come!
Come!
You lift me up and I'm begging for more
You know by now what I fucking abhor
Don't ever stop it's never enough
You fill my heart with your terrible lies
And then again I see truth in your eyes
You always know what I fucking despise
Don't ever think it's too much too much
Come on come on come on come on
Rule me!
You hold my life in one hand
Come on come on come on come on
Fool me
So many things to pretend
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
You scrape my scar and you scratch on the nerve
You make it heal and i'm begging to serve
You know the best what I fucking deserve
Don't ever stop it's never enough
You've got the cure and I'm begging you please
You please come fill me up with another disease
You'll always be such a fucking release
Don't ever think it's too much, too much
Come on come on come on come on
Rule me!
You hold my life in one hand
Come on come on come on come on
Fool me
So many things to pretend
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
Come!
Come!
Come!
Come!
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
Kiss me, rape me
You give me reason to live
Deflorate me
You give me anything
Love me, trick me
You give me reason to live
Come and kick me
You give me anything
Come!
Come!
Come!
Come!
Kiss me, rape me
Deflorate me
Love me, trick me
Come and kick me
Kiss me, rape me
You give me reason to live
Deflorate me
You give me anything
Love me, trick me
You give me reason to live
Come and kick me
You give me anything
Come!
Come!
Come!
Come!
Lyrics submitted by MDMaster
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