"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.
We float in space and follow the pace
of a clock designed by His Will
Satan shall reap what God has sown
Blackness comes, colors go
You run, you hide but Satan can find the cowards
that live by His side
The needle rotates, a lie it creates,
but then it stands still and kills
If heaven is here, it will stay here
Hell is a place full of clocks
Satan is time
Ο διάβολος είναι ο χρόνος
Ο χρόνος είναι ο διάβολος
Irreversible time is smooth to the touch
A reaper disguised as charm
The pace Satan dictates, the much he creates
A cycle of death and death
You run, you hide but Satan can find
the cowards that live by His side, eat from His hand…
We float in space and follow the pace
of a clock designed by His Will
Satan shall reap what God has sown
Hell is a place full of clocks
of a clock designed by His Will
Satan shall reap what God has sown
Blackness comes, colors go
You run, you hide but Satan can find the cowards
that live by His side
The needle rotates, a lie it creates,
but then it stands still and kills
If heaven is here, it will stay here
Hell is a place full of clocks
Satan is time
Ο διάβολος είναι ο χρόνος
Ο χρόνος είναι ο διάβολος
Irreversible time is smooth to the touch
A reaper disguised as charm
The pace Satan dictates, the much he creates
A cycle of death and death
You run, you hide but Satan can find
the cowards that live by His side, eat from His hand…
We float in space and follow the pace
of a clock designed by His Will
Satan shall reap what God has sown
Hell is a place full of clocks
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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