"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.
Save my soul from anguish
Drained from fear to perish
In this world of torment
Save me, please save me from all
We're riding on a velvet dream
Through ancient lands we've never seen
Far across the hands of time
Are we lost forever?
Rules and religions created to hate
To fear and incite, not to love and placate
Compassion for murders, take God's name in vain
A fortress of evil is built up with pain
I I saw the signs
Enlighten my mind
Time after time
Silent tears
Shadows of fears
Search for the one
Revelation to come
Silent tears in anguish and in fears
We're searching for the one
Where we're all coming from
May your heart be strong and true
For life's a gift of love to you
In my visions I have seen
The world of mystery
Leading me gently to open the door
I'm searching for answers, can't stop anymore
Bound by this passion, my faith is unfailed
I'm holding the key to the kingdom of fate
I follow the signs
Time after time
Enlighten my mind
Revelation take me home
Where I belong
Home to the one yeah
I hear you calling, calling for me
Silent tears are falling
On all that is real nothing is real
On wings of glory we shall arise
Destiny's calling
All that is real nothing is real
Your eyes seem so cold
So wise
Lost before they're old
It's our creation
We build a symphony of fears
(no more damnation)
When you reach the ancient hall
Will you trust me when you fall?
To find salvation for your soul
Oh, is this the end?
Or will I suspend?
I will be strong, Revelation shall come
I follow the signs
Time after time
Enlighten my mind
Revelation take me home
Where I belong
Home to the one yeah
Silent tears will wash away
All that is real nothing is real
Do I surrender or is this the end?
Drained from fear to perish
In this world of torment
Save me, please save me from all
We're riding on a velvet dream
Through ancient lands we've never seen
Far across the hands of time
Are we lost forever?
Rules and religions created to hate
To fear and incite, not to love and placate
Compassion for murders, take God's name in vain
A fortress of evil is built up with pain
I I saw the signs
Enlighten my mind
Time after time
Silent tears
Shadows of fears
Search for the one
Revelation to come
Silent tears in anguish and in fears
We're searching for the one
Where we're all coming from
May your heart be strong and true
For life's a gift of love to you
In my visions I have seen
The world of mystery
Leading me gently to open the door
I'm searching for answers, can't stop anymore
Bound by this passion, my faith is unfailed
I'm holding the key to the kingdom of fate
I follow the signs
Time after time
Enlighten my mind
Revelation take me home
Where I belong
Home to the one yeah
I hear you calling, calling for me
Silent tears are falling
On all that is real nothing is real
On wings of glory we shall arise
Destiny's calling
All that is real nothing is real
Your eyes seem so cold
So wise
Lost before they're old
It's our creation
We build a symphony of fears
(no more damnation)
When you reach the ancient hall
Will you trust me when you fall?
To find salvation for your soul
Oh, is this the end?
Or will I suspend?
I will be strong, Revelation shall come
I follow the signs
Time after time
Enlighten my mind
Revelation take me home
Where I belong
Home to the one yeah
Silent tears will wash away
All that is real nothing is real
Do I surrender or is this the end?
Lyrics submitted by revanchist
Revelation Lyrics as written by Henjo Richter
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
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