"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.
You better listen this time
If you want a glance
But if you try to grab it
Ha, not a chance
If you cannot take it
So why are you here
Cause there are no shortcuts
And now the end is near
You think you know me, ha!
But you don't even have a clue
You think you know me
You even think I believe in you
Hey, what's your problem
What do you have to prove
I'm surprised by your
Every single move
Always preaching things that
I all ready know
I'm so fed up with you
And my hate will glow
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
You always talk so big but
You are just a churl
You're a little boy trapped
In a mans world
I can read you like an
Wide open book
The dark will get you now
When I've placed my hook
You think you know me, ha!
But you don't even have a clue
You think you know me
You even think I believe in you
Just an empty face that
Cover an empty brain
Take of your mask, don't give me
That fake smile again
You try to improve with a
Nice and false image
But I see you through boy
This will end in scrimmage
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
You think you know me, ha!
But you don't even have a clue
You think you know me
You even think I believe in you
Your opinion's worthless
A waste of my time
Take a look at yourself
On your back they climb
If you cannot make it
Don't place your bet
Cause I know what I want
And that's what I'll get
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
If you want a glance
But if you try to grab it
Ha, not a chance
If you cannot take it
So why are you here
Cause there are no shortcuts
And now the end is near
You think you know me, ha!
But you don't even have a clue
You think you know me
You even think I believe in you
Hey, what's your problem
What do you have to prove
I'm surprised by your
Every single move
Always preaching things that
I all ready know
I'm so fed up with you
And my hate will glow
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
You always talk so big but
You are just a churl
You're a little boy trapped
In a mans world
I can read you like an
Wide open book
The dark will get you now
When I've placed my hook
You think you know me, ha!
But you don't even have a clue
You think you know me
You even think I believe in you
Just an empty face that
Cover an empty brain
Take of your mask, don't give me
That fake smile again
You try to improve with a
Nice and false image
But I see you through boy
This will end in scrimmage
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
You think you know me, ha!
But you don't even have a clue
You think you know me
You even think I believe in you
Your opinion's worthless
A waste of my time
Take a look at yourself
On your back they climb
If you cannot make it
Don't place your bet
Cause I know what I want
And that's what I'll get
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
Just one more word
From your mouth and you'll be
Naked face down
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Naked Face Down Lyrics as written by Magnus Lars Soderman Lars Gunnar Linden
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