"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 race towards an early grave
Your head explodes in a trance
The clouds bursts, thunder in your face
You raise the blade, it's time to pay
Justice
Vengeance
Freedom
Murder
Poison
Hatred
Wisdom
Terror
This is violence - this is hate
This is violence - this is pain
This is violence - this is death
This is violence - this is hell
We found a thousand ways to burn up the planet
Onwards to peace with hate in our minds
Like fucking cancer, screaming inside
Welcome to hell, consuming fire
Helter
Skelter
Seeking
Shelter
Karma
Burning
Manifest
Destiny
This is violence - this is hate
This is violence - this is pain
This is violence - this is death
This is violence - this is hell!
We all raise to rot and die
Purification is just a lie
Corruption burns the sky
For salvation you must fight
Immaculate conception
The wars we wage upon ourselves
The poison seeps into every pore
Kill your idols, kill your law
Your head explodes in a trance
The clouds bursts, thunder in your face
You raise the blade, it's time to pay
Justice
Vengeance
Freedom
Murder
Poison
Hatred
Wisdom
Terror
This is violence - this is hate
This is violence - this is pain
This is violence - this is death
This is violence - this is hell
We found a thousand ways to burn up the planet
Onwards to peace with hate in our minds
Like fucking cancer, screaming inside
Welcome to hell, consuming fire
Helter
Skelter
Seeking
Shelter
Karma
Burning
Manifest
Destiny
This is violence - this is hate
This is violence - this is pain
This is violence - this is death
This is violence - this is hell!
We all raise to rot and die
Purification is just a lie
Corruption burns the sky
For salvation you must fight
Immaculate conception
The wars we wage upon ourselves
The poison seeps into every pore
Kill your idols, kill your law
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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