"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.
Day gives way to night
On the storefront mannequins
The audience with Mona Lisa grins
Moonlight builds emotion
As the players scuffle in
Pull the curtain back and let the show begin
Moon of mischief
Under low light discipline
Here the tiny monsters hunt for harlequins
Silent patience view the drama
Under low light discipline
Here the tiny monsters hunt for harlequins
Moon of mischief
We kill, be killed or run
To be or not, to be the only one
On the storefront mannequins
The audience with Mona Lisa grins
Moonlight builds emotion
As the players scuffle in
Pull the curtain back and let the show begin
Moon of mischief
Under low light discipline
Here the tiny monsters hunt for harlequins
Silent patience view the drama
Under low light discipline
Here the tiny monsters hunt for harlequins
Moon of mischief
We kill, be killed or run
To be or not, to be the only one
Lyrics submitted by mywitheredeye, edited by Kern4lunch
Tiny Monsters Lyrics as written by Josh Eustis Carina Round
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
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