"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.
Another day in a life full of fear
You're screaming out your anguish
The sense of knowing the reaper is near
You captor walks beside
You are the only one for him
Until the end of time
You ignite the spark in his twisted mind
Just open up your eyes
She was still alive when they found her
Beaten blue from head to toe
Every bone in her precious body, brutally broken in two
There's no tomorrow if you're trapped inside the hide
Slowly you will die, waiting for the end of your life
You feel him breathing down your neck
The foul stench of a sick man
He beats you into obedience
He's impossible to escape from
You are the only one for him
Until the end of time
You ignite the spark in his twisted mind
Just open up your eyes
She was still alive when they found her
Beaten blue from head to toe
Every bone in her precious body, brutally broken in two
There's no tomorrow if you're trapped inside the hide
Slowly you will die, waiting for the end of your life
You are the only one for him
Until the end of time
You ignite the spark in his twisted mind
Just open up your eyes
She was still alive when they found her
Beaten blue from head to toe
Every bone in her precious body, brutally broken in two
There's no tomorrow if you're trapped inside the hide
Slowly you will die, waiting for the end of your life
You're screaming out your anguish
The sense of knowing the reaper is near
You captor walks beside
You are the only one for him
Until the end of time
You ignite the spark in his twisted mind
Just open up your eyes
She was still alive when they found her
Beaten blue from head to toe
Every bone in her precious body, brutally broken in two
There's no tomorrow if you're trapped inside the hide
Slowly you will die, waiting for the end of your life
You feel him breathing down your neck
The foul stench of a sick man
He beats you into obedience
He's impossible to escape from
You are the only one for him
Until the end of time
You ignite the spark in his twisted mind
Just open up your eyes
She was still alive when they found her
Beaten blue from head to toe
Every bone in her precious body, brutally broken in two
There's no tomorrow if you're trapped inside the hide
Slowly you will die, waiting for the end of your life
You are the only one for him
Until the end of time
You ignite the spark in his twisted mind
Just open up your eyes
She was still alive when they found her
Beaten blue from head to toe
Every bone in her precious body, brutally broken in two
There's no tomorrow if you're trapped inside the hide
Slowly you will die, waiting for the end of your life
Lyrics submitted by revontulet
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