"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.
You scream louder than fiction and get down on your knees
And tear open your heart so I can love you and your disease
Lick the hand that feeds you and kis the blade that cuts
I want to fuck you in your god's hands when you praying bites the dust
CHORUS
Please
Let me anoint the lust inside you
Please
Let me devalue what's inside you
Hollywood at night hanging around
If this is a must then dying is a must right now
Hollywood at night hanging around
If this is a must then dying is a must right now
Beg for pride, And I'l deny you
Fact or fiction? Fact or fiction?
It's a mission to survive and learn to want you
When I hate, when I hate, what's all inside
CHORUS
And tear open your heart so I can love you and your disease
Lick the hand that feeds you and kis the blade that cuts
I want to fuck you in your god's hands when you praying bites the dust
CHORUS
Please
Let me anoint the lust inside you
Please
Let me devalue what's inside you
Hollywood at night hanging around
If this is a must then dying is a must right now
Hollywood at night hanging around
If this is a must then dying is a must right now
Beg for pride, And I'l deny you
Fact or fiction? Fact or fiction?
It's a mission to survive and learn to want you
When I hate, when I hate, what's all inside
CHORUS
Lyrics submitted by unquestionedanswers
Please Please Please (Young Hollywood) Lyrics as written by Daryl Palumbo Daniel M. Nakamura
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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omgz. so hot. makes me want to dance like crazy. i love it.