"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.
Hate, I would forever lie
I would fake all the times
That you broke me down misery
Hate, covered in broken glass
My skeleton bones will last
Far beyond flowers and dust
So where would I be?
Love, the feeling I've lost control
Failing so beautiful
When you left me there, misery
Hate, blacken my artery
Harden my every fiber of grief stricken love
So where would I be?
Sadness in London Town
I walk the streets of Leicester Square
Sadness in my own heart sound
I walk till dawn then disappear
Hate, I would forever lie
I would fake all the times
That you broke me down misery
Hate, covered in broken glass
My skeleton bones will last
Far from these flowers and dust
So where would I be?
Sadness in London Town
I walk the streets of Leicester Square
Sadness in my own heart sound
I walk till dawn then disappear
I would fake all the times
That you broke me down misery
Hate, covered in broken glass
My skeleton bones will last
Far beyond flowers and dust
So where would I be?
Love, the feeling I've lost control
Failing so beautiful
When you left me there, misery
Hate, blacken my artery
Harden my every fiber of grief stricken love
So where would I be?
Sadness in London Town
I walk the streets of Leicester Square
Sadness in my own heart sound
I walk till dawn then disappear
Hate, I would forever lie
I would fake all the times
That you broke me down misery
Hate, covered in broken glass
My skeleton bones will last
Far from these flowers and dust
So where would I be?
Sadness in London Town
I walk the streets of Leicester Square
Sadness in my own heart sound
I walk till dawn then disappear
Lyrics submitted by scriptmylife
London Town Lyrics as written by Kenneth Fletcher William Control
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Can't believe nobody has commeted on this song! I love Aiden and Wil Francis's nw side project is AMAZING! :) Anyone know what the 991 call is about at the end? I have never figured it out, but it sure does scare me.
i think the 911 call is suppose to be like wil going and killing people or something like that lol im pretty sure but ya this song is amazing (:
i actually read somewhere that that was an actual 911 call....poor woman...=[