"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.
Seems every station, on the t.v
Is selling something, no one can be
If every page was torn from the magazine
Would gas still drive the media machine
The products they mean us to pursue are endless
Identity can leave you selfless
We will not witness, this anymore
This is the end, for you my friend
I can't forgive, I wont forget
On and on we sing out songs
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on we sing our song for more...for more
Your eyes are open but you can't see
Your mouth is moving but you don't speak
A bridge (???) just to bend your will
I hope you choke on every pill
We will not witness, this anymore
This is the end for you my friend
I can't forgive I wont forget,
On and on we sing our songs
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on we sing our songs for more
Whoa-oh [Repeat numerous times]
We will not witness this anymore
This is the end for you my friend i can't forgive i won't forget.
This is the end for you my friend,i can't forgive i won't forget
[Repeat: x 4]
On and on we sing our songs for more
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on we sing our song for more...for more
Is selling something, no one can be
If every page was torn from the magazine
Would gas still drive the media machine
The products they mean us to pursue are endless
Identity can leave you selfless
We will not witness, this anymore
This is the end, for you my friend
I can't forgive, I wont forget
On and on we sing out songs
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on we sing our song for more...for more
Your eyes are open but you can't see
Your mouth is moving but you don't speak
A bridge (???) just to bend your will
I hope you choke on every pill
We will not witness, this anymore
This is the end for you my friend
I can't forgive I wont forget,
On and on we sing our songs
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on we sing our songs for more
Whoa-oh [Repeat numerous times]
We will not witness this anymore
This is the end for you my friend i can't forgive i won't forget.
This is the end for you my friend,i can't forgive i won't forget
[Repeat: x 4]
On and on we sing our songs for more
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on we sing our song for more...for more
Lyrics submitted by some1_named_no_1
This Is the End (For You My Friend) Lyrics as written by Patrick C. Bollinger Christopher Lee Barker
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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