"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.
As the embers rose through the Roman sky
Tell me were you calm when they took your life?
Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow
Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door
Shine forever true
Shared with us the world well before your time
Though they took your voice words forever shine
Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow
Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door
Shine forever true
As they spoke your fate a fearless man replied
"As you will sentence me, your fear is beyond mine"
Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow
Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door
Shine forever true
Tell me were you calm when they took your life?
Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow
Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door
Shine forever true
Shared with us the world well before your time
Though they took your voice words forever shine
Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow
Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door
Shine forever true
As they spoke your fate a fearless man replied
"As you will sentence me, your fear is beyond mine"
Just before you go, tell us how the heavens flow
Weightless evermore, as you walk beyond that door
Shine forever true
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Roman Sky Lyrics as written by Zachary James Baker Matthew Charles Sanders
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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@FryGuy248 The man is Giordano Bruno. Direct translation of his words were 'Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.'
This song's about Giordano Bruno, he had thoughts way beyond his time and got executed because of charges heresy by Roman Catholic Church.
'As you will sentence me, your fear is beyond mine' were his reply to his conviction.
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