"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.
(Yeah)
(Oh, she moves)
(She moves, she moves, she moves, she moves so slowly)
(Yeah)
(Oh, oh)
(Come on)
Yeah, she moves so slowly like a lover's breath
Hoping I can hold it down and stand
But the aches and shakes don't seem to let up
Oh, no, no
Oh, I got all the questions, and
She got all the answers for me now
Oh, I don't believe it
No I don't believe her now
One more hope for tomorrow
Baby, one more kiss to forget you
Right, just what will bring us down
Keeps us together remembering
It's so easy to forget, yeh-eh-eh-eh
It's so easy to forget
When you move so slow darling, come on
She moves so slowly like a lover's breath
Hoping I can tear down the walls and breathe
But I never knew
All this girl could get into, yeah
I've got so many questions, and
She got all the answers for me now
Oh, I can't believe her
No I don't believe it now
One more hope for tomorrow, hey
One more drink to forget, oh to forget
Just what will bring us down
Keeps us together remembering
It's so easy to forget
(moves so slowly)
(she moves so slowly)
When I'm inside her I don't think twice
Oh-oh, she's in my blood you know it feels so nice
Shaking in the morning like I've been kicked all night
When she's in my blood you know it feels so nice
I'm shaking in the morning like I've been kicked all night
Sneaky, sneaky serpent with the tricks up his sleeve
Lips like licorice but you can't catch me
Deep between the covers listening to her heart's beat, yeah
'Til defeat and surrender of what's being covered up
'Cause I don't want to give up what's little left of my luck
So many opportunities that are boarded up
and gently put away
Oh, you move so slowly I can't even feel it moving
Oh-nananana
(You move so slowly I can't believe it, now)
(You move so slowly I can't see it, now)
(You move so slowly I can't believe it)
(You move so slowly I can't see it, now)
You move so slowly, oh, I can't see it, now
You move so slowly I don't believe it, now
You move so slowly I can't believe it, now
You move so slowly
(Oh, she moves)
(She moves, she moves, she moves, she moves so slowly)
(Yeah)
(Oh, oh)
(Come on)
Yeah, she moves so slowly like a lover's breath
Hoping I can hold it down and stand
But the aches and shakes don't seem to let up
Oh, no, no
Oh, I got all the questions, and
She got all the answers for me now
Oh, I don't believe it
No I don't believe her now
One more hope for tomorrow
Baby, one more kiss to forget you
Right, just what will bring us down
Keeps us together remembering
It's so easy to forget, yeh-eh-eh-eh
It's so easy to forget
When you move so slow darling, come on
She moves so slowly like a lover's breath
Hoping I can tear down the walls and breathe
But I never knew
All this girl could get into, yeah
I've got so many questions, and
She got all the answers for me now
Oh, I can't believe her
No I don't believe it now
One more hope for tomorrow, hey
One more drink to forget, oh to forget
Just what will bring us down
Keeps us together remembering
It's so easy to forget
(moves so slowly)
(she moves so slowly)
When I'm inside her I don't think twice
Oh-oh, she's in my blood you know it feels so nice
Shaking in the morning like I've been kicked all night
When she's in my blood you know it feels so nice
I'm shaking in the morning like I've been kicked all night
Sneaky, sneaky serpent with the tricks up his sleeve
Lips like licorice but you can't catch me
Deep between the covers listening to her heart's beat, yeah
'Til defeat and surrender of what's being covered up
'Cause I don't want to give up what's little left of my luck
So many opportunities that are boarded up
and gently put away
Oh, you move so slowly I can't even feel it moving
Oh-nananana
(You move so slowly I can't believe it, now)
(You move so slowly I can't see it, now)
(You move so slowly I can't believe it)
(You move so slowly I can't see it, now)
You move so slowly, oh, I can't see it, now
You move so slowly I don't believe it, now
You move so slowly I can't believe it, now
You move so slowly
Lyrics submitted by MizunoPunk
Taking Chase as the Serpent Slithers Lyrics as written by Matthew Dean Embree
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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