"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 one's for the freaks
For you're so beautiful
For all the devotion
Written in your soul
This one's for the freaks
For the lost and weak
For the butterflies and devotees
And the disciples of our destiny
[Chorus]
And like the underdogs we are
Shining bright but now disappeared
And like the underdogs we are
Passing like some fading stars
Like some fading stars
This one's for the freaks
The beaten down and crushed
The shy and withdrawn
Or just out of touch
May you stay like freaks
May you make mistakes
May your will never break
For underdogs revenge is sweet
Revenge is sweet
[Chorus]
This one's for the freaks
This one's for the freaks
People like you, need to fuck
Need to fuck people like me
This one's for the freaks
For the lost and weak
This one's for the freaks
For you're so beautiful
For all the devotion
Written in your soul
This one's for the freaks
For the lost and weak
For the butterflies and devotees
And the disciples of our destiny
[Chorus]
And like the underdogs we are
Shining bright but now disappeared
And like the underdogs we are
Passing like some fading stars
Like some fading stars
This one's for the freaks
The beaten down and crushed
The shy and withdrawn
Or just out of touch
May you stay like freaks
May you make mistakes
May your will never break
For underdogs revenge is sweet
Revenge is sweet
[Chorus]
This one's for the freaks
This one's for the freaks
People like you, need to fuck
Need to fuck people like me
This one's for the freaks
For the lost and weak
This one's for the freaks
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Underdogs Lyrics as written by James Dean Bradfield James Bradfield
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Awesome drumming there from Sean. That line 'People like you need to fuck, need to fuck people like me' though, what the hell is that meant to be about? Aside from that momentary weirdness, I love this song :) It reminds me of how tiny, lazy-eyed, badly-named James used to get taunted so much at school as one of the 'underdogs', and is now a super-successful rock-star...
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Pretty self-explanatory really. Great song!