"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.
We were one in words
You finished my sentence
I could never attract tomorrow
It pushes me aside
I sink in waters deep
Your presence kept me floating far from where secrets lie
Maybe in another life time I can be the first you meet
I once read a poem
Held my breath but that moments gone
First time I felt life somewhat hurt
I need an option, a reason, and some hope
Yell at me I want to be, your light that shines
But my ground is shaking and I might fall
I wish that I could say, I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
Yell at me I want to be, your light that shines
But my ground is shaking and I might fall
I wish that I could say, I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
You finished my sentence
I could never attract tomorrow
It pushes me aside
I sink in waters deep
Your presence kept me floating far from where secrets lie
Maybe in another life time I can be the first you meet
I once read a poem
Held my breath but that moments gone
First time I felt life somewhat hurt
I need an option, a reason, and some hope
Yell at me I want to be, your light that shines
But my ground is shaking and I might fall
I wish that I could say, I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
Yell at me I want to be, your light that shines
But my ground is shaking and I might fall
I wish that I could say, I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
Lyrics submitted by Aerion, edited by sem1056330
Evil in a Closet Lyrics as written by Bjoern Ingvar Gelotte Anders Par Friden
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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