"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.
This town has its claws buried in my neck
This town, it takes lives, without mercy, without hate
The streets are in distress
The sun suffocates behind darkened skies
The grass is growing on top of my feet
I'm sinking, won't be long, before I'm too deep to run
The line up seems endless
Underneath the salvation signs
We are the dead ones, we are the lost cause
We are the bend before the break, Our steps seal our fate
Because this city
This city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts)
From broken homes (homes)
Because this city
This city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope)
Left for these souls (souls)
Every step I take I leave a small piece
Of myself behind, soon there will be nothing left
The cracks in the pavement
Match the cracks in their weathered skin
The sky's a brick wall
The ground's a juggernaut
Each day they get a bit closer
Between them, I am caught
I stare in amazement
I can't believe this is where I live
Every breath I take I feel my lungs seal
This breeze feels more like shards of glass, I'm more scars than skin
Because this city
This city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts)
From broken homes (homes)
Because this city
This city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope)
Left for these souls (souls)
Our steps seal fate
Our steps seal fate
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This city
This city is haunted
Oh!
Walk with us, oh!
Down
Walk with us
This city
This city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts)
From broken homes (homes)
Because this city
This city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope)
Left for these souls (souls)
This town, it takes lives, without mercy, without hate
The streets are in distress
The sun suffocates behind darkened skies
The grass is growing on top of my feet
I'm sinking, won't be long, before I'm too deep to run
The line up seems endless
Underneath the salvation signs
We are the dead ones, we are the lost cause
We are the bend before the break, Our steps seal our fate
Because this city
This city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts)
From broken homes (homes)
Because this city
This city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope)
Left for these souls (souls)
Every step I take I leave a small piece
Of myself behind, soon there will be nothing left
The cracks in the pavement
Match the cracks in their weathered skin
The sky's a brick wall
The ground's a juggernaut
Each day they get a bit closer
Between them, I am caught
I stare in amazement
I can't believe this is where I live
Every breath I take I feel my lungs seal
This breeze feels more like shards of glass, I'm more scars than skin
Because this city
This city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts)
From broken homes (homes)
Because this city
This city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope)
Left for these souls (souls)
Our steps seal fate
Our steps seal fate
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This is our celebration
Come join the lost souls
This city
This city is haunted
Oh!
Walk with us, oh!
Down
Walk with us
This city
This city is haunted
By ghosts (ghosts)
From broken homes (homes)
Because this city
This city is haunted
And there's no hope (hope)
Left for these souls (souls)
Lyrics submitted by _hideandseek
This Could Be Anywhere in the World Lyrics as written by Wade Macneil Dallas Green
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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These lyrics are completely wrong. Correct lyrics:
This town has its claws buried in my neck This town, it takes life without mercy, without hate
The streets are in distress The sun suffocates behind darkened skies The grass is growing under my feet I'm thinking it won't be long before I'm too deep to run
The lineup seems endless Underneath the salvation sign We are the dead ones, we are the lost cause We are the bend before the break, our steps seal fate
Because this city, this city is haunted By ghosts (ghosts) from broken homes (homes) Because this city, this city is haunted There's no hope (hope) left for these souls (souls)
Every step I take, I leave a small piece of myself behind Soon there will be nothing left
The cracks in the pavement Match the cracks in their weathered skin The sky's a brick wall, the ground's a juggernaut Each day they get a bit closer, between them, I am caught I stare in amazement I can't believe this is where I live
Every breath I take, I feel my lungs seal This breeze feels more like shards of glass I'm more scars than skin
Because this city, this city is haunted By ghosts (ghosts) from broken homes (homes) Because this city, this city is haunted There's no hope (hope) left for these souls (souls)
Our steps seal fate Our steps seal fate
This is our celebration, come join the lost souls This is our celebration, come join the lost souls.
This city, this city is haunted. Come walk with us all Come walk with us.
This city, this city is haunted By ghosts (ghosts) from broken homes (homes) Because this city, this city is haunted, There's no hope (hope) left for these souls (souls)
@Greggor Why did lyrics change to this song? It used to be as I remember before 2020 it was "i'm conscious of sin" not I'm more scars than skin.<br />