"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.
Curse the day, hail the night
Flower grown in the wild
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark
Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower, token of death
Ignite the skies with your eyes
And keep me away from your light
Ignite the skies with your eyes
Render tears to your mortal act
Flower cursed be thy fruit
Of your courage last, of your grand finale
Flower crushed in the ground
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark
Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark
Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower, token of death
Ignite the skies with your eyes
Flower grown in the wild
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark
Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower, token of death
Ignite the skies with your eyes
And keep me away from your light
Ignite the skies with your eyes
Render tears to your mortal act
Flower cursed be thy fruit
Of your courage last, of your grand finale
Flower crushed in the ground
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark
Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark
Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower, token of death
Ignite the skies with your eyes
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First off, I love this song. This is just my interpretation - I might be completely wrong, but I honestly feel like this song is written about someone born with the horoscope sign of Scorpio. Scorpios are known for being intense, mysterious people, often with very dark, severe, piercing eyes that stare right through you. The lyrics to this song are amazing. To me, it's also about wanting to know someone completely, wanting to see their soul and everything about who they are, all their darkness and their secrets.
'Can I steal your mind for a while?', 'Can I stop your heart for a while?' These lines suggest to me that overwhelming feeling of wanting to delve into the deepest part of someone's mind, wanting to stop their heart so they can be still, and so you can consume every part of them and know them without them stopping you or putting up walls to guard themselves. 'Ignite the skies with your eyes' - again, to me this is about someone born under the Scorpio sign. The eyes of a Scorpio person can be so penetrating that they seem to ignite power and mystery that you can never really understand, so much power that they could ignite the dark skies with the intensity of their eyes. This is just how I interpret the song. I could probably analyze it much better than that, but all I know is that I love it and I can relate to it!
@sapphire14 It's been a while since I heard this song for the first time but today I tried to think about it's meaning and this is exactly what came to my mind. I don't know how much Moonspell are into astrology...but me and my husband have quite a lot of Scorpio energy in our horoscopes and this sounds like it. As you said, piercing eyes,intensity, delving to the deepest and darkest parts of someones soul...wouldn't describe it better. ;)