"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.
I'll kill myself today
If we choose devotion over a low life
I'll kill myself today
If you put direction into a world with no daylight
Violent role play
Codeine champagne
The brainwash came free
Love you, leave me
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
There's glitter in the gutter
And silence what we come from
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
We glitter in the gutter
And silence what we come from
I'll kill myself today
If you pull the punches and the sex drive
I'll kill myself and name
Make the cut to castrate and send me to the front line
Berlin, Tokyo
Blood lust, tight rope
Ghost of, parties
Need you, hate me.
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
There's glitter in the gutter,
And silence what we come from
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
There's glitter in the gutter,
And silence what we come from
I know who you are
I know who you are
We can keep a secret
I know where you come from
I know who you are
I know who you are
We can keep a secret
I know where you come from
If we choose devotion over a low life
I'll kill myself today
If you put direction into a world with no daylight
Violent role play
Codeine champagne
The brainwash came free
Love you, leave me
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
There's glitter in the gutter
And silence what we come from
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
We glitter in the gutter
And silence what we come from
I'll kill myself today
If you pull the punches and the sex drive
I'll kill myself and name
Make the cut to castrate and send me to the front line
Berlin, Tokyo
Blood lust, tight rope
Ghost of, parties
Need you, hate me.
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
There's glitter in the gutter,
And silence what we come from
Skin vision
Oh, and your leatherette eyes,
You make me cum
There's glitter in the gutter,
And silence what we come from
I know who you are
I know who you are
We can keep a secret
I know where you come from
I know who you are
I know who you are
We can keep a secret
I know where you come from
Lyrics submitted by plasticwonder, edited by Dan312004
Skin Vision Lyrics as written by Chris Corner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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