"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.
Is this what you wanted? This is what you get
Turned all your lives into this shit
You never accepted or treated me fair
Blame me for what I believe and I wear
You fucked yourselves and you raised these sheep
The blue and the withered seeds you will reap
You never gave me a chance to be me
Or even a fuckin' chance just to be
But I have to show you that you played a role
And I will destroy you with one simple hole
The world that hates me has taken it's toll
But now I have finally taken control
You wanted so bad to make me this thing
And I want you now to just kill the King
And I am not sorry, and I am not sorry
This is what you, you deserve
I am not sorry, and I am not sorry
This is what you deserve
And I am not sorry, and I am not sorry (King kill 33)
This is what you, you deserve (King kill 33)
And I am not sorry, and I am not sorry (King kill 33)
This is what you, you deserve (King kill 33)
(King kill 33)
(King kill 33)
Turned all your lives into this shit
You never accepted or treated me fair
Blame me for what I believe and I wear
You fucked yourselves and you raised these sheep
The blue and the withered seeds you will reap
You never gave me a chance to be me
Or even a fuckin' chance just to be
But I have to show you that you played a role
And I will destroy you with one simple hole
The world that hates me has taken it's toll
But now I have finally taken control
You wanted so bad to make me this thing
And I want you now to just kill the King
And I am not sorry, and I am not sorry
This is what you, you deserve
I am not sorry, and I am not sorry
This is what you deserve
And I am not sorry, and I am not sorry (King kill 33)
This is what you, you deserve (King kill 33)
And I am not sorry, and I am not sorry (King kill 33)
This is what you, you deserve (King kill 33)
(King kill 33)
(King kill 33)
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King Kill 33 Lyrics as written by Jeordie White Brian Warner
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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