"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.
In your mind's eye lives a memory
Hard to find blinded by sorrow
And a cold voice sings a melody
Hear her sing "hell frozen rain falls down"
She can't hear your voice
She can't hear you call
You have burned your choice
If you're here can you prove you're really here?
There is a moment in time
When all the cards that you play divide
You feel the temperature dive
And all your demons inside come crashing through
In your mind's eye lives a memory
Hard to find blinded by sorrow
And a strange voice sings a melody
Hear it sing "hell frozen rain falls down"
Everything is wrong
This is not my home, is it?
Do I know your face?
Does my mind wish to forget?
A toast to lonely souls
Who never could take control of life
And all the missing me love
I hope the darkness they find will give them light
In your mind's eye lives a memory
Hard to find, blinded by pain
And a cold voice sings a melody
Hear her sing "hell frozen rain"
Our safe hearts feeling dangerous
Missing truth frozen in lies
Is your family just a memory/
Once again, hell frozen rain falls down
Of all these pieces of broken dreams
There's one that scares and confuses me
If all these things that you say are true
You should be someone I always knew
In your mind's eye lies a memory
Hard to find, blinded by pain
And your father sings a melody
Hear him sing "hell frozen rain"
Our safe hearts feeling dangerous
Missing truth frozen in lies
Are your loved ones just a memory?
Burning pain, hell frozen rain falls down
Life is cold here, empty hallowed ground
In my head blood-colored rain falls down
Hard to find blinded by sorrow
And a cold voice sings a melody
Hear her sing "hell frozen rain falls down"
She can't hear your voice
She can't hear you call
You have burned your choice
If you're here can you prove you're really here?
There is a moment in time
When all the cards that you play divide
You feel the temperature dive
And all your demons inside come crashing through
In your mind's eye lives a memory
Hard to find blinded by sorrow
And a strange voice sings a melody
Hear it sing "hell frozen rain falls down"
Everything is wrong
This is not my home, is it?
Do I know your face?
Does my mind wish to forget?
A toast to lonely souls
Who never could take control of life
And all the missing me love
I hope the darkness they find will give them light
In your mind's eye lives a memory
Hard to find, blinded by pain
And a cold voice sings a melody
Hear her sing "hell frozen rain"
Our safe hearts feeling dangerous
Missing truth frozen in lies
Is your family just a memory/
Once again, hell frozen rain falls down
Of all these pieces of broken dreams
There's one that scares and confuses me
If all these things that you say are true
You should be someone I always knew
In your mind's eye lies a memory
Hard to find, blinded by pain
And your father sings a melody
Hear him sing "hell frozen rain"
Our safe hearts feeling dangerous
Missing truth frozen in lies
Are your loved ones just a memory?
Burning pain, hell frozen rain falls down
Life is cold here, empty hallowed ground
In my head blood-colored rain falls down
Lyrics submitted by hikikomori88
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