"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.
L'via, hija de miranda
Tu apellido se cambió
L'via, sin ojos me quieres dar
Una historia sin mi madre
Sólo tengo que decirte
El dolor de noche dice
Sólo se quedó el vestido
Le lavé la sangre
L'via, no dejes de descansar
En la calle caminas
¿quién te va a perseguir?
L'via, te quieren matar
Dientes de machete, cabeza de gallo
L'via, volviendo en pas
Abre los ojos, tú no cambiaras
L'via, soñando de venganza
Yo te lo juro
Lo van a pagar
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
In hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
And with every body that I find
And with every claymore that they mine
I won't forget who I'm looking for
Oh mother help me, I'm looking for
L'via, hija de miranda
Tu apellido se cambió
L'via, sin ojos me quieres dar
Una historia sin mi madre
Sólo tengo que decirte
El dolor de noche dice
Sólo se quedo el vestido
Le lavé la sangre
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
In hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
And with every body that I find
And with every claymore that they mine
I won't forget who I'm looking for
Oh mother help me, I'm looking for
Sólo tengo una hora
Y me duermo terminado
Por veinte cinco años pasaron
Siguen los cuerpos aqui temblando
Tomé la sangre, comà el cuerpo
Mis lagrimas
Quiebra el espejo
When all the worms come crawling out your head
Telling you, don't you be afraid
When all the worms come crawling out your head
Telling you, don't you be afraid
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
In hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
Sharkhides got tangled in the mausoleum
Urgent plea of escape
A melted mouth on the chalkboard
Written in fingernail distastes
And with every body that i find
And with every claymore that they mine
I wont forget who I'm looking for
Oh mother help me, I'm looking for
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
And hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
And with every body that i find
And with every claymore that they mine
I won't forget who I'm looking for
oh mother help me, I'm looking for
Tu apellido se cambió
L'via, sin ojos me quieres dar
Una historia sin mi madre
Sólo tengo que decirte
El dolor de noche dice
Sólo se quedó el vestido
Le lavé la sangre
L'via, no dejes de descansar
En la calle caminas
¿quién te va a perseguir?
L'via, te quieren matar
Dientes de machete, cabeza de gallo
L'via, volviendo en pas
Abre los ojos, tú no cambiaras
L'via, soñando de venganza
Yo te lo juro
Lo van a pagar
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
In hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
And with every body that I find
And with every claymore that they mine
I won't forget who I'm looking for
Oh mother help me, I'm looking for
L'via, hija de miranda
Tu apellido se cambió
L'via, sin ojos me quieres dar
Una historia sin mi madre
Sólo tengo que decirte
El dolor de noche dice
Sólo se quedo el vestido
Le lavé la sangre
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
In hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
And with every body that I find
And with every claymore that they mine
I won't forget who I'm looking for
Oh mother help me, I'm looking for
Sólo tengo una hora
Y me duermo terminado
Por veinte cinco años pasaron
Siguen los cuerpos aqui temblando
Tomé la sangre, comà el cuerpo
Mis lagrimas
Quiebra el espejo
When all the worms come crawling out your head
Telling you, don't you be afraid
When all the worms come crawling out your head
Telling you, don't you be afraid
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
In hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
Sharkhides got tangled in the mausoleum
Urgent plea of escape
A melted mouth on the chalkboard
Written in fingernail distastes
And with every body that i find
And with every claymore that they mine
I wont forget who I'm looking for
Oh mother help me, I'm looking for
Blackmail she fell off every mountain
The ones they tightly wrapped in tape
And hurried razors snag the guilty
As it made the best mistakes
And with every body that i find
And with every claymore that they mine
I won't forget who I'm looking for
oh mother help me, I'm looking for
Lyrics submitted by Wiretap Scars, edited by yatusabes21
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