"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.
This is the first tale of death in the world
When Cain struck down Abel, a family broken
Since then mankind's dominated his own kind
To insult and injure,
There's no such thing as peace
Till death do us part, till the last
Truth be told
Sin lies at the doorway
Truth be told
Hell's open for business now
Truth be told
The soil cries out for revenge
Truth be told
And death is upon the ground
All around
The battle ain't over without spoils of war
Just cause it is written does not make it so
When you dance with the devil
Wait till the songs over
I ask myself â??how bad do I want you to live?â??
My anger is near, till the last
Truth be told
Sin lies at the doorway
Truth be told
Hell's open for business now
Truth be told
The soil cries out for revenge
Truth be told
And death is upon the ground
All around
Tribulation strikes and we're hit hard
Still you just go on your way
Head in the sand, ignoring the rain
Just like the flood in Noah's day
In his day
Can't punish those ruining the earth
It's suicide to some degree
Because we are all guilty, guilty as sin
There will be no peace, never for you and for me
Before al Qaeda and Bin Laden
Long before Hitler and Hussein
Ever since the first murder was committed
The verdict's always been the same
The cursed future just repeats the past
There's hell to pay and stones to cast
So, there will be no peace, never be peace
Till the last truth be told by you and me
When Cain struck down Abel, a family broken
Since then mankind's dominated his own kind
To insult and injure,
There's no such thing as peace
Till death do us part, till the last
Truth be told
Sin lies at the doorway
Truth be told
Hell's open for business now
Truth be told
The soil cries out for revenge
Truth be told
And death is upon the ground
All around
The battle ain't over without spoils of war
Just cause it is written does not make it so
When you dance with the devil
Wait till the songs over
I ask myself â??how bad do I want you to live?â??
My anger is near, till the last
Truth be told
Sin lies at the doorway
Truth be told
Hell's open for business now
Truth be told
The soil cries out for revenge
Truth be told
And death is upon the ground
All around
Tribulation strikes and we're hit hard
Still you just go on your way
Head in the sand, ignoring the rain
Just like the flood in Noah's day
In his day
Can't punish those ruining the earth
It's suicide to some degree
Because we are all guilty, guilty as sin
There will be no peace, never for you and for me
Before al Qaeda and Bin Laden
Long before Hitler and Hussein
Ever since the first murder was committed
The verdict's always been the same
The cursed future just repeats the past
There's hell to pay and stones to cast
So, there will be no peace, never be peace
Till the last truth be told by you and me
Lyrics submitted by Charlie the man
Truth Be Told Lyrics as written by Dave Mustaine
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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