"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.
Give it to me
Two worlds are warring in me
Killing us now
Raging inside
Pleasure has hollowed in me
Remove the sickness
Plaguing my mind
Two worlds are warring in me
Killing us now
Show me the light
Two worlds collide
Whenever I step to the front
I look for a new place to hide
While tearing my color away
I swallow my pride
But never forget what I want
Starting to long for a time
I bury the war in my mind
Two worlds are warring in me
Both sides are losing
Patience has died
None of the mourner in me
Drowns my conviction
Regions divide
Two worlds are warring in me
Killing us now
Show me the light
Two worlds collide
Whenever I step to the front
I look for a new place to hide
While tearing my color away
I swallow my pride
But never forget what I want
Starting to long for a time
I bury the war in my mind
Give me a sign
Tell me when it's time
Show me the light
Tell me when it's fucking over
Two worlds collide
Whenever I step to the front
I look for a new place to hide
While tearing my color away
I swallow my pride
But never forget what I want
Starting to long for a time
I bury the war in my mind
Two worlds are warring in me
Killing us now
Raging inside
Pleasure has hollowed in me
Remove the sickness
Plaguing my mind
Two worlds are warring in me
Killing us now
Show me the light
Two worlds collide
Whenever I step to the front
I look for a new place to hide
While tearing my color away
I swallow my pride
But never forget what I want
Starting to long for a time
I bury the war in my mind
Two worlds are warring in me
Both sides are losing
Patience has died
None of the mourner in me
Drowns my conviction
Regions divide
Two worlds are warring in me
Killing us now
Show me the light
Two worlds collide
Whenever I step to the front
I look for a new place to hide
While tearing my color away
I swallow my pride
But never forget what I want
Starting to long for a time
I bury the war in my mind
Give me a sign
Tell me when it's time
Show me the light
Tell me when it's fucking over
Two worlds collide
Whenever I step to the front
I look for a new place to hide
While tearing my color away
I swallow my pride
But never forget what I want
Starting to long for a time
I bury the war in my mind
Lyrics submitted by Cactus Fn Chris
Two Worlds Lyrics as written by David Draiman Dan Donegan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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