"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.
From the day they washed ashore
The first brick in the foundation
In the kingdom of thieves
Befriend and destroy
Built upon stolen land
Painted with innocent blood
Give thanks and betray them
Shove them into dark corners
Feed them the leftovers of dogs
Dig up their graves and laugh
Pick your teeth with their bones
The fruit of the holy voyage is sour and cursed
Forced by our heroes
To walk a trail of tears
Forced by our forefathers
To watch their wives and children die
In this great, honorable, holy American land
In the kindom of thieves
The great American land
The first brick in the foundation
In the kingdom of thieves
Befriend and destroy
Built upon stolen land
Painted with innocent blood
Give thanks and betray them
Shove them into dark corners
Feed them the leftovers of dogs
Dig up their graves and laugh
Pick your teeth with their bones
The fruit of the holy voyage is sour and cursed
Forced by our heroes
To walk a trail of tears
Forced by our forefathers
To watch their wives and children die
In this great, honorable, holy American land
In the kindom of thieves
The great American land
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"I had all and then most of you"
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Is Dan a Native American? This song seems to me that it's about how the first Americans stole land from the natives and all. The whole "trail of tears" thing really points to that.
I dont believe he is, but you are correct it is about the europeans coming to the new land, it is about manifest destiny the europeans thought that they were entitled to the land by god so they horded and killed many of the native americans destroying familys bringing disease and guns (The fruit of the holy voyage is sour and cursed)it was a disgusting and horrible part of history the worst part is that many people think it was the right thing to do the religous conservatives say things like "it was gods will that these people died because they would not have converted and god wanted a place for his followers" and this is dans reply to that
I have a history degree and am going to be a teacher, and it wasn't as simple as "steal, kill, destroy" for many people. I hate what the greedy English and Conquistadors did. Plus, I'm an independent with conservative leanings and I'm disgusted by the what was done in so many cases to the indigenous population. And that's not the way most conservatives think. They are not monsters.<br /> <br /> But, if you look deeper you'll see that the vast majority within groups like the Plymouth Pilgrims and the Puritans came to America for Godly and not self-serving reasons, and certainly not with violent intent. That was Jamestown and other settlements.
Even if Dan was a native American, he still could say what a pile of shit the system and the people are.
it gave me a new perspective of the land i live on...i like that
Actually, Dan is Irish, just fyi.
i think he's just using this as an example of the selfish and terrible things people do in God's name.
thee, I agree. But not necessarily in God's name, but more so in "God's" name. They use it as a reason and start to believe that what they are doing is right. I like what Inpeace is suggesting too. 2009 new Zao album. I am stoked (: