"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.
out of the camera lens
is an arizona
and arizona's as good as
the california
then tell you with confidence
If it wasn't for you
the arizona
out from a mission there
the calm before it
I saw the bloodstains
all sorrows are wasted on you
and arizona
old machinery
and call the foreman
who will make the sun rise
and tell all the coffins
all summer was wasted on you
arizona
i'll see it someday
the sky and night and home
the clouds roaming
arizona
all of the sighing children
the summer before you came to know us
said all of the sighing children
the summer before you came to know us
out of the camera lens
is an arizona
and arizona's as good as california
then tell you with confidence
if it wasn't for you
out from a mission there
in arizona
all summer's wasted on you
and arizona
is an arizona
and arizona's as good as
the california
then tell you with confidence
If it wasn't for you
the arizona
out from a mission there
the calm before it
I saw the bloodstains
all sorrows are wasted on you
and arizona
old machinery
and call the foreman
who will make the sun rise
and tell all the coffins
all summer was wasted on you
arizona
i'll see it someday
the sky and night and home
the clouds roaming
arizona
all of the sighing children
the summer before you came to know us
said all of the sighing children
the summer before you came to know us
out of the camera lens
is an arizona
and arizona's as good as california
then tell you with confidence
if it wasn't for you
out from a mission there
in arizona
all summer's wasted on you
and arizona
Lyrics submitted by DarkerShadeofWinter
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Guys, I tried my best... :-)
And out of the camera lens is Arizona and Arizona's as good as California I'd tell you in confidence if it wasn't for you in Arizona, out on a mission there
the calm before it I saw the bloodstains all sorrows wasted on you in Arizona hold the machinery and call the foreman make the sun rise and tell all the coffins
all summers rage is on you in Arizona And I am a simple man the sky and night's cold the crowd is roaming in Arizona
all of the sighing children the summer before you came to know us said all of the sighing children on the summer before you came to know us
out of the camera lens is Arizona and Arizona's as good as California I'd tell you in confidence if it wasn't for you out on a mission here in Arizona
all summer's wasted on you in Arizona all summer's wasted on you in Arizona
Ok, so here's a first try...I'm sure there are plenty of mistakes in here so, please comment!
And out of the camera lens is Arizona And Arizona's as good as California I'd tell you in confidence If it wasn't fore you But Arizona Up on a ... We'd call before it I saw the bloodstains all sorrow in Arizona .... Call the foreman Make the sun rise and tell all the coffins All summer's reach.. Arizona ..... The sky.. The crowds's roaming Arizona all problembs... The summer for you keeps knows us??
I'd tell you in confidence If it wasn't before you our mission in Arizona
so..probably a lot of mistakes etc. Please correct!
Tried my best.... :-)<br /> <br /> And out of the camera lens is Arizona<br /> and Arizona's as good as California<br /> I'd tell you in confidence if it wasn't for you<br /> in Arizona, out on a mission there<br /> <br /> the calm before it I saw the bloodstains<br /> all sorrows wasted on you in Arizona<br /> hold the machinery and call the foreman<br /> make the sun rise and tell all the coffins<br /> <br /> all summers rage is on you in Arizona<br /> And I am a simple man<br /> the sky and night's cold<br /> the crowd is roaming in Arizona<br /> <br /> all of the sighing children<br /> the summer before you came to know us<br /> said all of the sighing children<br /> on the summer before you came to know us<br /> <br /> out of the camera lens is Arizona<br /> and Arizona's as good as California<br /> I'd tell you in confidence if it wasn't for you<br /> out on a mission here in Arizona<br /> <br /> all summer's wasted on you and Arizona <br /> <br /> all summer's wasted on you in Arizona<br /> all summer's wasted on you in Arizona
shit, i'll take a stab at it... probably very off, but it's a try.
Out of the camera lense is Arizona and Arizona’s good as California I’d tell you in confidence if it wasn’t for you in Arizona ___? the calm before it I saw the bloodstains all sorrow’s waisted on you in Arizona hold the machinery and call the foreman make the sun rise and tell the coffins, all summers rage is on you in Arizona and I am a simple man the sky nights cold and the crowd is roaming in Arizona all of the silent children the summer before you came to know us all of the silent children the summer before you came to know us
Out of the camera lense is Arizona and Arizona’s good as California I’ll tell you in confidence if it wasn’t for them our mission in in Arizona All summers raced from you in Arizona All summers raced from you in Arizona
we may never know the correct lyrics, but i swear this song is written about the film la jetee. they've explicitly stated that 12 monkeys inspired the concept behind sagarmatha, so it's only fitting that la jetee should also be an influence.
"The Arizona is as good as The California." These items are proper nouns, named after States. Maybe there is a boat or something with those names. If you're leaving in a hurry, what difference does it make which one you take.
"Out from a mission there."