"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.
It wasn't so long ago
I remember time's where life was so cold
Everything was dark and still
I thought I had a chance in life
The demons called my name
They dragged me inside the chambers of hell
No one could hear me, I bled tears of pain
Son, confront me
The road to devastation
Kneel before me
The road to devastation
Inhale, exhale
The road to devastation
This is my life
The road to devastation
The sun would rise, the hope would die inside
Another day of misery as the clock turns to agony
Feel the sense of lost time
When everything falls to pieces
And left with a glimpse of light
It wasn't so long ago
I remember time's where life was so cold
Everything was dark and still
I thought I had a chance in life
The demons called my name
They dragged me inside the chambers of hell
No one could hear me, I bled tears of pain
Son, confront me
The road to devastation
Kneel before me
The road to devastation
Inhale, exhale
The road to devastation
This is my life
The road to devastation
I remember time's where life was so cold
Everything was dark and still
I thought I had a chance in life
The demons called my name
They dragged me inside the chambers of hell
No one could hear me, I bled tears of pain
Son, confront me
The road to devastation
Kneel before me
The road to devastation
Inhale, exhale
The road to devastation
This is my life
The road to devastation
The sun would rise, the hope would die inside
Another day of misery as the clock turns to agony
Feel the sense of lost time
When everything falls to pieces
And left with a glimpse of light
It wasn't so long ago
I remember time's where life was so cold
Everything was dark and still
I thought I had a chance in life
The demons called my name
They dragged me inside the chambers of hell
No one could hear me, I bled tears of pain
Son, confront me
The road to devastation
Kneel before me
The road to devastation
Inhale, exhale
The road to devastation
This is my life
The road to devastation
Lyrics submitted by thienosaurus
The Road to Devastation Lyrics as written by Maurizio Iacono Jean Francois Dagenais
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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