"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.
Spiral staircase going down, paint your body red and brown
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
Greasy haircuts a German Chinese girl
Gonna keep ya'll busy tugging at my curl
Get your ass together
You better walk, walk, walk by walking we cannot run
They all came to the party and there's four to every stall
Get's fust-er-ating just pissin' on this wall
Seems like there's another story bangin'
Around every step you fake
Spiral staircase going down, paint your body red and brown
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
They all came to the party and there's four to every stall
Get's fust-er-ating just pissing on this wall
Seems like there's another story bangin'
Around every step you fake
Spiral stair case going down paint your body red and brown
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
Spiral stair case going down paint your body red and brown
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
Greasy haircuts a German Chinese girl
Gonna keep ya'll busy tugging at my curl
Get your ass together
You better walk, walk, walk by walking we cannot run
They all came to the party and there's four to every stall
Get's fust-er-ating just pissin' on this wall
Seems like there's another story bangin'
Around every step you fake
Spiral staircase going down, paint your body red and brown
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
They all came to the party and there's four to every stall
Get's fust-er-ating just pissing on this wall
Seems like there's another story bangin'
Around every step you fake
Spiral stair case going down paint your body red and brown
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
Spiral stair case going down paint your body red and brown
On our knees we'll feast on a sex show
Spiral staircase spiral staircase
Lyrics submitted by demirep7371
Spiral Staircase Lyrics as written by Caleb Followill Nathan Followill
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I love this song so much. Love it when Caleb does his "walk walk walk" bit. I love KOL! So much! And I so agree with 'The Tallest Man'....the inaudible bit really bugs me 2! I wanna know what they're saying dammit!!!