"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.
[Verse 1]
Far beyond the forest in a land of ice and snow
When the full moon rises and shadows start to grow
When man becomes the hunted, screaming in the night
On your knees and pray to God to keep the beasts from sight
[Chorus]
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
[Verse 2]
The hounds of hell are calling, hunting in the pack
Keep the fires burning, never turn your back
Are they in the darkness, watching in the night?
Waiting for a weakness before they make a strike
[Chorus]
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
[Bridge]
They're fighting for survival, it's the only thing they know
Far beyond the forest in the land of ice and snow
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Far beyond the forest in a land of ice and snow
When the full moon rises and shadows start to grow
Are they in the darkness, watching in the night?
On your knees and pray to God to keep the wolves from sight
[Chorus]
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
Far beyond the forest in a land of ice and snow
When the full moon rises and shadows start to grow
When man becomes the hunted, screaming in the night
On your knees and pray to God to keep the beasts from sight
[Chorus]
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
[Verse 2]
The hounds of hell are calling, hunting in the pack
Keep the fires burning, never turn your back
Are they in the darkness, watching in the night?
Waiting for a weakness before they make a strike
[Chorus]
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
[Bridge]
They're fighting for survival, it's the only thing they know
Far beyond the forest in the land of ice and snow
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Far beyond the forest in a land of ice and snow
When the full moon rises and shadows start to grow
Are they in the darkness, watching in the night?
On your knees and pray to God to keep the wolves from sight
[Chorus]
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
Night of the Wolf
Hear them calling
Night of the Wolf
Howling at the moon
Lyrics submitted by Kingofstilport
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