"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.
An extra mile to cross the line
I kiss my Judas one more time
I die for your sin
Life is simple, life is sweet
Respect it from down on your knees
We'll kill if no one can (?)
Fortune and fame
Torture unchained
Think twice before you speak
Glory and blame
It's all the same
My gain is your defeat
Don't pray for me
I don't need your sympathy
I don't want your God protecting me
Don't pray for me
I don't want your empathy
I don't need your Savior saving me
Don't pray for me
I don't care what book you call it
Your poison is my antidote
I don't burn, and I don't bleed
Lock that guilt up deep inside
Religion as an alibi
What more could it be?
Fortune and fame
Torture unchained
You still don't even stand (?)
Glory and blame
It's all the same
Some things go hand in hand
Don't pray for me
I don't need your sympathy
I don't want your God protecting me
Don't pray for me
I don't want your empathy
I don't need your Savior saving me
Don't pray for me
Sacrifice the innocence
When you eliminate the decadence
You celebrate the enemy
We'll blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Don't pray for me
I don't need your sympathy
I don't want your God protecting me
Don't pray for me
I don't want your empathy
I don't need your Savior saving me
Don't pray for me
I kiss my Judas one more time
I die for your sin
Life is simple, life is sweet
Respect it from down on your knees
We'll kill if no one can (?)
Fortune and fame
Torture unchained
Think twice before you speak
Glory and blame
It's all the same
My gain is your defeat
Don't pray for me
I don't need your sympathy
I don't want your God protecting me
Don't pray for me
I don't want your empathy
I don't need your Savior saving me
Don't pray for me
I don't care what book you call it
Your poison is my antidote
I don't burn, and I don't bleed
Lock that guilt up deep inside
Religion as an alibi
What more could it be?
Fortune and fame
Torture unchained
You still don't even stand (?)
Glory and blame
It's all the same
Some things go hand in hand
Don't pray for me
I don't need your sympathy
I don't want your God protecting me
Don't pray for me
I don't want your empathy
I don't need your Savior saving me
Don't pray for me
Sacrifice the innocence
When you eliminate the decadence
You celebrate the enemy
We'll blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Don't pray for me
I don't need your sympathy
I don't want your God protecting me
Don't pray for me
I don't want your empathy
I don't need your Savior saving me
Don't pray for me
Lyrics submitted by idunnopoetrydotcom
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I really HATE u FUCKIN christian fascists ( Marlie88 and WishingForYou) ! If u dont like marilyn Manson, Stay the fuck away from this site. No one likes reading about some Crazy BITCH puking and some other BITCH who wants to buy her way into heaven by praying for Marilyn Manson. If u want to waste ur time praying, ask god to remove the BIG FAT COCK fucking all that shit into ur stupid narrow minded little head. U stupid hypocrite BITCH!
love it! i hate when ppl look at my history, and my clothes, and my music, and blah blah blah...and they are all "oh, dont worry, we're praying for you" fuck that, i know its good intentions, but i dont need that...once again, manson is amazing!
dont worry ill pray 4 ya!
Hell yeah, this song rules. This song is about being who you want to be, and prayer is one method of how people will try and change you. Apart from that, Satanists don't pray (this is mentioned in the satanic bible), Manson is also a satanist
Mansons not a satanist. he clearly says he has no religion because organized religions are stupid, in his opinion. Satanism is a religion, therefore, hes not a satanist.
Well, manson obviously doesnt want anyone praying for him.
Again and again. This is Tim Skold for fuck's sake. Please be fair to him and Manson and delete this. I like it too, but write about it in Skold's name please... Nodoby posts on him.
Make? I'm dumb I meant "Hate"
notice that this song under manson's name (even though Skold made it) attracted more christians saying that they pray for him than any other song. I think that if manson read this page, he would be impressed by the impact he had on the christians that chose to go out of their way, just to waste their time saying that they pray for him.
Really good song whoever the fuck wrote it.
^ Skold
It appears several Skold songs managed to make it onto here under Manson's name. One thing I had to laugh about is that AFTER christina201288 posted here letting people know it isnt even Manson, then came a flood of people saying that Manson does need someone to pray for him and that he is antieverything, and judging him based on the song that isnt even his.
READ OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS. This just made it obvious to me that people just come here to rant, not share other's opinons, they dont even fucking read what the other people say. Oh well, you came off as an idiot.