"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.
All about control, that's the plan
Hitting her makes you feel like a man
It's a sick and twisted brutal game
Won't stay silent to this abusive shame
Can't justify raising those hands
Don't raise your hands
[Chorus]
And you say she had it coming
She's out of control
But there is no excuse for this
No way to quantify the toll
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefully, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it
All night shouting rips through quiet
Sense escalation inevitable fight
Next you hear pleas for pity
Then you eye that phone intently
Make that 911 call to the city
[Chorus]
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefuly, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it... Hands down!
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefully, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it
[Chorus]
She needs a say as well
Her voice not a hindrance
Talking with her beats shouting abuse
Step up and be a man
Her fair treatment is the plan
Deescalation is the right choice
[Chorus]
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefuly, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it... Hands down!
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefully, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it
Hitting her makes you feel like a man
It's a sick and twisted brutal game
Won't stay silent to this abusive shame
Can't justify raising those hands
Don't raise your hands
[Chorus]
And you say she had it coming
She's out of control
But there is no excuse for this
No way to quantify the toll
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefully, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it
All night shouting rips through quiet
Sense escalation inevitable fight
Next you hear pleas for pity
Then you eye that phone intently
Make that 911 call to the city
[Chorus]
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefuly, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it... Hands down!
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefully, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it
[Chorus]
She needs a say as well
Her voice not a hindrance
Talking with her beats shouting abuse
Step up and be a man
Her fair treatment is the plan
Deescalation is the right choice
[Chorus]
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefuly, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it... Hands down!
It's not right to hit her, to instill fear
Or keep her down... Hands down!
Got to talk it out peacefully, kill that siren sound
Cause this is it
Lyrics submitted by punkpirate
Hands Down Lyrics as written by Johnny Rioux Joe Sirois
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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