"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.
How could this really have happened
One second life was looking up
The next I'm on my way down
I thought my story had ended.
But if this hell is where I'm trapped
Then I will seek my revenge
I've come for
Blood blood blood
And I'm not leaving till I
Have your heart
You're going to pay for all that you have
Done done done
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood (Blood, your blood)
Because revenge is all I haven't lost
You thought I was through
You may have killed me but now I'll come for you
You thought I was through?
Well that was far from your first mistake
I have a twisted mind
And I have seen your fate
You think the end is close for you
When really, you're fucking late.
Your reign is over
There's no forgiveness
There's no forgiveness for all that you've done.
I've come for
Blood blood blood
And I'm not leaving till I
Have your heart
You're going to pay for all that you have
Done done done
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood (Blood, your blood)
Because Revenge is all I haven't lost
You've taken everything I've ever loved
So give me blood blood blood
I'll feel alive when I have blood
Your blood
I want it all
I want it all
See the way
Your blood spills on the ground
But then before my eyes
He turned into a man
I've been fooled again
I've been fooled again
You are just a slave
You've made your bed, deep down inside of your grave.
Now sleep, you will sleep
For eternity, for eternity
I've come for
Blood blood blood
And I'm not leaving till I
Have your heart
You're going to pay for all that you have
Done done done
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood
Because revenge is all I haven't lost
Because revenge is all I haven't lost
You've taken everything I've ever loved
So give me
Blood blood blood
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood
I want it all
One second life was looking up
The next I'm on my way down
I thought my story had ended.
But if this hell is where I'm trapped
Then I will seek my revenge
I've come for
Blood blood blood
And I'm not leaving till I
Have your heart
You're going to pay for all that you have
Done done done
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood (Blood, your blood)
Because revenge is all I haven't lost
You thought I was through
You may have killed me but now I'll come for you
You thought I was through?
Well that was far from your first mistake
I have a twisted mind
And I have seen your fate
You think the end is close for you
When really, you're fucking late.
Your reign is over
There's no forgiveness
There's no forgiveness for all that you've done.
I've come for
Blood blood blood
And I'm not leaving till I
Have your heart
You're going to pay for all that you have
Done done done
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood (Blood, your blood)
Because Revenge is all I haven't lost
You've taken everything I've ever loved
So give me blood blood blood
I'll feel alive when I have blood
Your blood
I want it all
I want it all
See the way
Your blood spills on the ground
But then before my eyes
He turned into a man
I've been fooled again
I've been fooled again
You are just a slave
You've made your bed, deep down inside of your grave.
Now sleep, you will sleep
For eternity, for eternity
I've come for
Blood blood blood
And I'm not leaving till I
Have your heart
You're going to pay for all that you have
Done done done
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood
Because revenge is all I haven't lost
Because revenge is all I haven't lost
You've taken everything I've ever loved
So give me
Blood blood blood
I'll feel alive when I have
Blood, your blood
I want it all
Lyrics submitted by KeriNicole
Johnny's Revenge Lyrics as written by Brendan Kyle Barone
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave
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