"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.
Tight security inside the zone
Crude obscenities, sticks and stones
Friend or enemy?
You and I are the same flesh and blood
We are animal
Drunk with savagery, sweet to the taste
Brutalizing heat, pick up the pace
And lay your hands on me
You and I are the same flesh and blood
We are animal
We are animal
Dance with me, dance with me
Forget my name
You don't speak my tongue, mais vous comprenez
When we're skin to skin maybe we might say
We are flesh and blood
We are animal
Man hunt animal, thrill of the chase
Trophy on the wall, imperial race
Eloquent and powerful
All are one, we are all flesh and blood
We are animal
We are animal
Do you wanna dance, do you wanna dance
(Dance with me, dance with me, forget my name)
You don't speak my tongue, mais vous comprenez
When we're skin to skin maybe we might say
We are flesh and blood
We are animal
We are animal
Animal, animal
Skin, skin, skin to skin
We are animal
Crude obscenities, sticks and stones
Friend or enemy?
You and I are the same flesh and blood
We are animal
Drunk with savagery, sweet to the taste
Brutalizing heat, pick up the pace
And lay your hands on me
You and I are the same flesh and blood
We are animal
We are animal
Dance with me, dance with me
Forget my name
You don't speak my tongue, mais vous comprenez
When we're skin to skin maybe we might say
We are flesh and blood
We are animal
Man hunt animal, thrill of the chase
Trophy on the wall, imperial race
Eloquent and powerful
All are one, we are all flesh and blood
We are animal
We are animal
Do you wanna dance, do you wanna dance
(Dance with me, dance with me, forget my name)
You don't speak my tongue, mais vous comprenez
When we're skin to skin maybe we might say
We are flesh and blood
We are animal
We are animal
Animal, animal
Skin, skin, skin to skin
We are animal
Lyrics submitted by nyssane
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