"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.
all beware the blackened tongue
its laden heavy with lies
bleeding on the cross for the world to see
traitor, liar, thief - all will be revealed
millions caught in rapture torn inside with fear
eat the flesh and drink the blood
slave off reality for one more of the flock
your soul, it decomposes
as poisoned words seep into your mind
cryptic signs of holding evil thoughts at bay
while your sins, your sins are washed away
as fallen angels we will fight
against a king thats dead and gone
no second coming for the general of the weak
unholy wars waged upon the land
merciless wrath upon the non-believer
the blood it soaks into the soil
as your idols weep in shame
the council of heathens
has gathered to bring
an end to their own slavery
dominion of deceit will now surely fall
controlling our thoughts no more
the sheep wander blindly in the night
as the sheperd passes on the plate
the golden-tongued orator
spreads only wicked lies
ive seen the fire burning your temple
ashes and dust return to the earth
as we summon the night
and flames lick at the gates
their dominion decays and it falls
the kingdom and crusaders
their spell is weakened
the council of heathens
has gathered to bring
an end to their own slavery
dominion of deceit will now surely fall
controlling our thoughts no more
dominion of deceit
bones in the ground
controlling our thoughts no more
its laden heavy with lies
bleeding on the cross for the world to see
traitor, liar, thief - all will be revealed
millions caught in rapture torn inside with fear
eat the flesh and drink the blood
slave off reality for one more of the flock
your soul, it decomposes
as poisoned words seep into your mind
cryptic signs of holding evil thoughts at bay
while your sins, your sins are washed away
as fallen angels we will fight
against a king thats dead and gone
no second coming for the general of the weak
unholy wars waged upon the land
merciless wrath upon the non-believer
the blood it soaks into the soil
as your idols weep in shame
the council of heathens
has gathered to bring
an end to their own slavery
dominion of deceit will now surely fall
controlling our thoughts no more
the sheep wander blindly in the night
as the sheperd passes on the plate
the golden-tongued orator
spreads only wicked lies
ive seen the fire burning your temple
ashes and dust return to the earth
as we summon the night
and flames lick at the gates
their dominion decays and it falls
the kingdom and crusaders
their spell is weakened
the council of heathens
has gathered to bring
an end to their own slavery
dominion of deceit will now surely fall
controlling our thoughts no more
dominion of deceit
bones in the ground
controlling our thoughts no more
Lyrics submitted by rustedhope
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Great version of a great song,
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Damnit, i was wrong. Upon further analysis of this song, i realize that the true meaing is of how the corrupt leaders of the Christian faith have gone astray from their own teachings. They preach things they themselves do not follow, and how hypocracy will eventually lead to its downfall.