"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.
Hey, baby, kiss the goat
Whoa, kiss, kiss, kiss the go-goat
You've been playing around the magic that is black
But all the powerful magical mysteries never gave a single thing back
You've been daddied by all the dudes that were not dad
And all those dads never gave you the things that you should've had
It ain't always what it seems when you cling onto a dream
It ain't always there to please you (please you)
But he's the guy you wanna do and you know that it takes two
Luckily he wants to do you too
Satan, Lucifer
Osculum obscenum
Hey, baby, kiss the goat
Oh, kiss, kiss, kiss the go-goat
Hey, baby, hey, hey, hey, kiss the goat
Oh, kiss, kiss, kiss the go-goat
It ain't always what it seems that glitter wasn't gold
As opposed to what they told you (told you)
But he's the guy you wanna do and you know that it takes two
Luckily he wants to do you too
Satan, Lucifer
Osculum obscenum
It ain't always what it seems when you cling onto a dream
It ain't always there to please you (please you)
But he's the guy you wanna do and you know that it takes two
Luckily he wants to do you too
Satan, Lucifer
Osculum obscenum
Whoa, kiss, kiss, kiss the go-goat
You've been playing around the magic that is black
But all the powerful magical mysteries never gave a single thing back
You've been daddied by all the dudes that were not dad
And all those dads never gave you the things that you should've had
It ain't always what it seems when you cling onto a dream
It ain't always there to please you (please you)
But he's the guy you wanna do and you know that it takes two
Luckily he wants to do you too
Satan, Lucifer
Osculum obscenum
Hey, baby, kiss the goat
Oh, kiss, kiss, kiss the go-goat
Hey, baby, hey, hey, hey, kiss the goat
Oh, kiss, kiss, kiss the go-goat
It ain't always what it seems that glitter wasn't gold
As opposed to what they told you (told you)
But he's the guy you wanna do and you know that it takes two
Luckily he wants to do you too
Satan, Lucifer
Osculum obscenum
It ain't always what it seems when you cling onto a dream
It ain't always there to please you (please you)
But he's the guy you wanna do and you know that it takes two
Luckily he wants to do you too
Satan, Lucifer
Osculum obscenum
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I think it's safe to say that this song is about the temptation of the Devil. Goats are often used to depict the devil, and as I've previously posted, Osculum Obscenum refers to the act of kissing the devil's butt as part of an initiation ritual. In the video, young Papa Nihil/Zero is singing it to a crowd as a young Sister Imperator watches from afar. Papa is encouraging the audience to succumb to their lust for the devil, or for Papa himself, or perhaps just the music. The lyrics also seem to reference the classic Faustian Bargain where someone's deal with the devil somehow always backfires. "It ain't always what it seems When you cling onto a dream It ain't always there to please you But he's the guy you wanna do And you know that it takes two Luckily he wants to do you too"
At the end of the song, Papa kisses a woman in the crowd, angering Sister. This is ironic in the fact that Papa is representing the devil and how powerful and tempting Satan is, yet, Papa is the one to give into temptation. Perhaps this hints that the band Ghost came to fame by making a deal with the devil, and what Papa sacrificed was his potential relationship with Sister Imperator. It could also reference how she sees him as her sexy devil, but he betrays her by kissing a fan.
Another interpretation is that in present time, Papa Zero is old, and "goat" can be a term that refers to an old person. He's still attracted to Sister though she resists him in the Chapters. This song seems to be about his lust for her while Mary On A Cross is about his love for her.
As for the "Go-Goat?" I guess it's a pun on "go-go," a popular music genre in the 60s and 70s, which seems to be when Papa was singing the song in the video.
@RiverStyxGhoul <br /> You do know that Tobias Forge is a Satanist?<br /> <br /> Not like the atheistic Church of Satan types - <br /> <br /> But an actual devil worshipping Satanist.<br /> <br /> Keeping this in perspective will help you understand the true meaning and inflections of their songs.
@RiverStyxGhoul "Osculum Obscenum" translates to "obscene kiss". I think you may be on to something with the Sister tho. The song is about lusting after someone you idolized that turns out to not be a great as a person as you thought but you still can't help how you feel. Keeping that, the video and the overall lore of Ghost in mind, your theory, while needing a little tweaking, makes sense.