"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.
Once we've made sense of our world
We wanna go fuck up everybody else's
Because his or her truth doesn't match mine
But this is the problem
Truth is individual calculation
Which means because we all have different perspectives
There isn't one singular truth, is there?
Hold on
Down and deeper, down we're going
Way down through the floor
Ho-ho
Don't you wanna see what's at the core?
Truth is the icy clear stream we dream about
Drinking from
But if the liquidate liars should they rewire
It's smiling bomb
Hold on
Down and down and down and down
We're melting down their throne
Ho-ho
Down through every superstition
Virgin, whore, and crone
Hold on
Down through all the fear gods
To the very truth alone
Hold on
Down and down we're going to the bone
Truth is the permanent path we laugh about
But then avoid
Thinking we all know the way we strayed behind
Self-destroyed
Hold on
Down and down and down and down
We're drilling through their stone
Ho-ho
Down through every fairy story
Built to keep us prone
Hold on
Down through every government
With gun and guided drone
Ho-ho
Down and down we're going to the bone, oh-oh
Me
Me, on me
To me, to me, to me
Me, on me
Me, on me
To me, to me, to me
Rain all the truth down
Down on me
Raining so much, you make a sea
You make a sea
A sea we can sail
Then sink like a stone
Down to the truth, down to the bone
Down to the bone
We wanna go fuck up everybody else's
Because his or her truth doesn't match mine
But this is the problem
Truth is individual calculation
Which means because we all have different perspectives
There isn't one singular truth, is there?
Hold on
Down and deeper, down we're going
Way down through the floor
Ho-ho
Don't you wanna see what's at the core?
Truth is the icy clear stream we dream about
Drinking from
But if the liquidate liars should they rewire
It's smiling bomb
Hold on
Down and down and down and down
We're melting down their throne
Ho-ho
Down through every superstition
Virgin, whore, and crone
Hold on
Down through all the fear gods
To the very truth alone
Hold on
Down and down we're going to the bone
Truth is the permanent path we laugh about
But then avoid
Thinking we all know the way we strayed behind
Self-destroyed
Hold on
Down and down and down and down
We're drilling through their stone
Ho-ho
Down through every fairy story
Built to keep us prone
Hold on
Down through every government
With gun and guided drone
Ho-ho
Down and down we're going to the bone, oh-oh
Me
Me, on me
To me, to me, to me
Me, on me
Me, on me
To me, to me, to me
Rain all the truth down
Down on me
Raining so much, you make a sea
You make a sea
A sea we can sail
Then sink like a stone
Down to the truth, down to the bone
Down to the bone
Lyrics submitted by pavel93409, edited by ToTheBone, spiraleyes
To The Bone Lyrics as written by Steven John Wilson Andy Partridge
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Hold on, down and deeper down we're going Way down through the floor Oh, don't you wanna see what's at the core?
Truth is the icy clear stream we dream about drinking from But it will liquidate liars should they rewire its smiling bomb
Hold on, down and down and down and down we're melting down their throne Oh, down through every superstition, virgin, whore and crone Hold on, down through all the fear gods to the very truth alone Oh, down and down we're going to the bone
Truth is the permanent path we laugh about, but then avoid Thinking we all know the way, we stray behind, self destroyed
Hold on, down and down and down and down, we're drilling through their stone Oh, down through every fairy story built to keep us prone Hold on, down through every government with gun and guided drone Oh, down and down we're going to the bone
Rain on me, rain on me, to me, to me, to me
Rain all the truth down, down on me Rain down so much you make a sea, you make a sea A sea we can sail then sink like a stone Down to the truth, down to the bone, down to the bone