"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.
Oh the devil is rising with the moon
He cries and my blood runs cold.
Oh no never was the darkness so black,
No light and nowhere to go.
My spirit is crying for a love
So tired of being alone.
I remember He came here to steal,
And You are His stealer of souls.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
Oh it's calling my name.
I've been blinded, lost and confused,
Darkness will call me no more.
Heaven is no friend of mine,
No god ever knocked on my door.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
Oh it's calling my name.
I'm standing on the dark side of time
Reaching for the power of Her hand.
She's weaving an unholy light
And calls from Lucifer's land.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
An angel of Hell is rising,
Heaven's no friend of mine.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name,
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it causes so much pain.
An angel of Hell is rising,
Heaven's no friend of mine.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
It's calling my name,
This spirit's crying for love.
Heaven's no friend of mine.
He cries and my blood runs cold.
Oh no never was the darkness so black,
No light and nowhere to go.
My spirit is crying for a love
So tired of being alone.
I remember He came here to steal,
And You are His stealer of souls.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
Oh it's calling my name.
I've been blinded, lost and confused,
Darkness will call me no more.
Heaven is no friend of mine,
No god ever knocked on my door.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
Oh it's calling my name.
I'm standing on the dark side of time
Reaching for the power of Her hand.
She's weaving an unholy light
And calls from Lucifer's land.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
An angel of Hell is rising,
Heaven's no friend of mine.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name,
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it causes so much pain.
An angel of Hell is rising,
Heaven's no friend of mine.
I see a Black Moon rising,
And it's calling out my name.
It's calling my name,
This spirit's crying for love.
Heaven's no friend of mine.
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how could no one comment on this, this is an AWESOME SONG
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