"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.
Boy in your make up playing your favorite role in front of everyone
Shine in the light before your moment comes
Boy you gotta wake up because the sins of time
Bury all those signs of the loaded dice you just
Couldn't throw
What they taught you then
How to make new friends
And all at once the door you came in through before slams closed
And all the ones you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void
Fear of paranoia you're gone
Well the screaming kings are flying bullet proof wings you lit the fire
Toys you gotta pick em
Showing off your skills of moves you borrowed
Pride that you can't hide becomes pretty wild
What part of the plan
Don't you understand
You're a family
And then you shed your skin
And all at once the door you came in through before slams closed
You find yourself you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void
Fear of paranoia you're gone
Well the screaming kings are flying bullet proof wings you lit the fire
Boy you got your makeup smeared
Playing your favorite role in front of everyone
Shine in the light before your moment's gone
Shine in the light before your moment's gone
Shotgun Back to the Top
Try to have some fun I smokin' shotgun
I feel original
I think I want some
And we're going down down
Oh yeah we're goin' down down
I cause the right hook
In the star above
I did abathe me
I like your dirty looks
And we're going down down
Oh yeah we're goin' down down
Oh yes I'm goin' down down
Oh huh we're goin' down down
Oh no
And we're going down down
And we're goin down down
Try to have some fun I smokin' shotgun
I feel original
I think I want some
I cause the right hook
In the star above
I did abathe me
I like your dirty looks
Down
Shine in the light before your moment comes
Boy you gotta wake up because the sins of time
Bury all those signs of the loaded dice you just
Couldn't throw
What they taught you then
How to make new friends
And all at once the door you came in through before slams closed
And all the ones you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void
Fear of paranoia you're gone
Well the screaming kings are flying bullet proof wings you lit the fire
Toys you gotta pick em
Showing off your skills of moves you borrowed
Pride that you can't hide becomes pretty wild
What part of the plan
Don't you understand
You're a family
And then you shed your skin
And all at once the door you came in through before slams closed
You find yourself you can't turn back
You're slipping through the void
Fear of paranoia you're gone
Well the screaming kings are flying bullet proof wings you lit the fire
Boy you got your makeup smeared
Playing your favorite role in front of everyone
Shine in the light before your moment's gone
Shine in the light before your moment's gone
Shotgun Back to the Top
Try to have some fun I smokin' shotgun
I feel original
I think I want some
And we're going down down
Oh yeah we're goin' down down
I cause the right hook
In the star above
I did abathe me
I like your dirty looks
And we're going down down
Oh yeah we're goin' down down
Oh yes I'm goin' down down
Oh huh we're goin' down down
Oh no
And we're going down down
And we're goin down down
Try to have some fun I smokin' shotgun
I feel original
I think I want some
I cause the right hook
In the star above
I did abathe me
I like your dirty looks
Down
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Screaming Kings Lyrics as written by Keller Ghazal
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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