"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 Light escapes her room tonight, every little moment tells her, now
it´s time Opening a new scar, closing the wounds with a knife, no more
crying in the lanterns light
Leave with the first light, go when you still see the moon
Run for the sunlight, gate is now open for you
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
The Shades of darkness filled her life, In every single corner you can
not turn right. Night could pass for a day, in her lack of faith,
she let it all fade away.
Once more, a cry in the lanterns light
Lost in the sunlight, leave, you will not see the moon
Walk for the first time, no one has waited for you
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
Life´s there for the ones who love to live and take it all, for it is free
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
it´s time Opening a new scar, closing the wounds with a knife, no more
crying in the lanterns light
Leave with the first light, go when you still see the moon
Run for the sunlight, gate is now open for you
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
The Shades of darkness filled her life, In every single corner you can
not turn right. Night could pass for a day, in her lack of faith,
she let it all fade away.
Once more, a cry in the lanterns light
Lost in the sunlight, leave, you will not see the moon
Walk for the first time, no one has waited for you
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
Life´s there for the ones who love to live and take it all, for it is free
Dancing on the path and singing, now you got away
You can reach the goals that you have set from now on, every day
There is no way you would go back now, oh no, those days are past
Life is waiting for the one who loves to live, and it is not a secret
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This is the first song I've heard from this band. It's brilliant. I think everyone's got the right idea, but I especially like MalachiAD's take on it. The whole "girl who takes things to the extreme because she was bored with her life, which was probably more or less, lonely" seems like a rather shallow/spoiled girl. It sort of reminds me of that book Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. It's about the fashion industry and the main character's a model who does something horrific to herself (although it wasn't suicide) because no matter what she did, she was pretty much bored with her life (I think it was because nobody truly noticed her). Which in turn makes a connection with the Victoria's Secret fashion show, yeah? That probably only made a little sense since it had nothing to with suicide or religion, but I hope it helped.