"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.
The piercing, radiant moon
The storming of poor June
All the life running through her hair
Approaching guiding light
Our shallow years in fright
Dreams are made, winding through my head
Through my head
Before you know, awake
Your lives are open wide
The V-chip gives them sight
Of all the life running through her hair
The spiders all in tune
The evening of the moon
Dreams are made, winding through my head
Through my head
Before you know, awake
Through my head
Through my head
Before you know
Before you know, I will be waiting, all awake
Dreams are made, winding through her hair
Dreams are made, winding through her hair
The storming of poor June
All the life running through her hair
Approaching guiding light
Our shallow years in fright
Dreams are made, winding through my head
Through my head
Before you know, awake
Your lives are open wide
The V-chip gives them sight
Of all the life running through her hair
The spiders all in tune
The evening of the moon
Dreams are made, winding through my head
Through my head
Before you know, awake
Through my head
Through my head
Before you know
Before you know, I will be waiting, all awake
Dreams are made, winding through her hair
Dreams are made, winding through her hair
Lyrics submitted by me109cito, edited by ThatWeirdo
Spiders Lyrics as written by John Dolmayan Serj Tankian
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"The piercing radiant moon," - X-Rays to prep the operation. "The storming of poor June," - resistence to the operation. "All the life running through her hair," Wires hooked up to her head represented metaphorically as life since her life now exists through the Matrix like reality.
"Approaching guiding light," - Light used to illuminate the surgical area for the implant. "Our shallow years in fright," - Her mind is afraid of losing her past, which at her young age are a few years or "shallow years" "Dreams are made winding through my head," He too has undergone the government implants which compose a dreamlike reality.
"Through my head, Before you know, Awake," - Before you know it the implants are in and you are "awake" which really means you are still asleep with no memory of what has happened to you.
"Your lives are open wide," - They scanned your memory during the operation and continue to read your mind using the implant. "The V-chip gives them sight," - see above... "All the life running through her hair," - see above...
"The spiders all in tune," - The nano implants are all synchronized and working properly and together for their purpose...also they weave the dreams or reality you know experience. "The evening of the moon," - it rhymes... "Dreams are made winding through my head," see above...
"Through my head, Before you know, Awake
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Through my head, Before you know, Before you know I will be waiting all awake," - All awake meaning you will know the truth...
"Dreams are made winding through her hair, Dreams are made winding through her hair." - this is all explained...to sum it up a woman is basically placed inside a Matrix like reality while the scientist or government agents (all this is seen in the video) study her. The dreams are made by the implants in her head. You can clearly see the wires hooked up to her in the video. Her levitation symbolized that human potential we all have to rise above this and over come what the government is trying to do to control us. This make sense for everyone?