"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.
Prometo solemnemente
Defender el bien
Y luchar contra injusticia y la maldad
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Yeah mud bath, acrobat, a midnight drive
Where everybody's slippin', everybody survive
Radio talk show try to project
Well, everything you need when you gotta connect
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Yeah, sugar sweet brainiac on your neck
Get in to tomorrow, man, I gotta reflect
A blue world, green girl up the street
Gotta wake her up 'cause I don't want to dream
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Yeah Django drag a coughing nail across your back
Well, everybody want it gotta take it back
Brain trash, porn flash, what is why
Look into forever revolutionize
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Where do I run
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Where do I run
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Defender el bien
Y luchar contra injusticia y la maldad
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Yeah mud bath, acrobat, a midnight drive
Where everybody's slippin', everybody survive
Radio talk show try to project
Well, everything you need when you gotta connect
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Yeah, sugar sweet brainiac on your neck
Get in to tomorrow, man, I gotta reflect
A blue world, green girl up the street
Gotta wake her up 'cause I don't want to dream
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Yeah Django drag a coughing nail across your back
Well, everybody want it gotta take it back
Brain trash, porn flash, what is why
Look into forever revolutionize
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Come on, come on, come on, you feel it
Come on, come on, come on, you see it
Come on, come on, come on, you wanna make it all right
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Blacken the sun
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
Where do I run
What have I done?
I feel so bad, I feel so numb, yeah
Where do I run
What have I done?
I feel so good, I feel so numb, yeah
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This song fucking rocks! The lyrics are strange but the music owns you!
this song kix @$$!!! i love it!! when i'm feelin all dark i listen to this song and jus rock out its stellar!!
This song makes me think of Jan26. We were at my boyfriends house with some people and a friend was intoxicated. He kept jerking it while beltin this song out. LOL
haha ledgend! sounds like my kinda guy,i myt have to do that as a party trick soon
this song is awsome!
just use your imagination....lol
great tune to go crazy to
This song rocks! I love Zombie!
This song is fuckin great!! the only song that realy turns me up when I'm all sad. ROCK ON ROB!!!
ahhhh! the music owns u but, please some one tell me, for the love of god, what do the lyrics mean