"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.
Cracking the whip, horses running fast
The hard groaning wheels, the deep ruts they cast
The coach is rushing, through the haze of the night
Darkness everywhere and no White Masque in sight
Hard pounding hooves, the mud's flying high
Deep panting, throats running dry
The sharp biting chill is freezing their breath
But the tottering coach is beating it's path
Invincible blaze
White masked face
Depriving the scourge
Dreadful mirage
Blazing the wrath with, the union of the "white masque"
The lord's and marquises, their just running feared
Mysterious force, phantoms of the dark night
Hunting the evil that hides in it's lair
A dark and caped silhouette's in the haze
A covered phenomenon with a mask on his face
Pistol and sword, the coach has to stop
The marquis knows well, that he'll lose what he's got
Invincible blaze
White masked face
Depriving the scourge
Dreadful mirage
Blazing the wrath with, the union of the "white masque"
The lord's and marquises, their just running feared
Mysterious force, phantoms of the dark night
Hunting the evil that hides in it's lair
The hard groaning wheels, the deep ruts they cast
The coach is rushing, through the haze of the night
Darkness everywhere and no White Masque in sight
Hard pounding hooves, the mud's flying high
Deep panting, throats running dry
The sharp biting chill is freezing their breath
But the tottering coach is beating it's path
Invincible blaze
White masked face
Depriving the scourge
Dreadful mirage
Blazing the wrath with, the union of the "white masque"
The lord's and marquises, their just running feared
Mysterious force, phantoms of the dark night
Hunting the evil that hides in it's lair
A dark and caped silhouette's in the haze
A covered phenomenon with a mask on his face
Pistol and sword, the coach has to stop
The marquis knows well, that he'll lose what he's got
Invincible blaze
White masked face
Depriving the scourge
Dreadful mirage
Blazing the wrath with, the union of the "white masque"
The lord's and marquises, their just running feared
Mysterious force, phantoms of the dark night
Hunting the evil that hides in it's lair
Lyrics submitted by Soul at Zero
White Masque Lyrics as written by Rolf Kasparek
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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