"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.
Come on, (Jerichooo)
You know I got ya, yeah
One, Break the wall down (Ahhhhhh)
Break down the walls
For those about to rock and what ya want
Baby you know you're judas and I'm your priest
Baby what I got is not from the least
Bring it through the stage in the rage of a beast
Step in the arena and break the wall down
Step in the arena and break the wall down
So good (You know I got ya), Soooooo right
Yeahhh, Yeah
Awaken from a deep sleep
You're all weak
You're living in the agony of defeat
I am the master of your whole heap
I am the pack that flock ya like sheep
Step into the town and break the wall down
Your heart beat is the only sound
Step into the light and then you'll know
You were stopped and dropped by the Walls of Jericho
(Whatcha ya gonna do?)
(Loser)
(You're coming down)
Feel me now, (Jericho)
(Can't stop), uh, (Feel me now)
Break the walls down, (Can't stop, Jericho)
For those about to rock, Set the clock
For those about to jump, I'm all pumped
For those about to go, Watch me flow
Break down the Walls of Jericho
(Watch you want?)
(I'll break you down)
(What ya got?)
(Jericho all around)
For those about to rock and what ya want
Baby you know you're judas and I'm your priest
Baby what I got is not from the least
Bring it through the stage in the rage of a beast
Step in the arena and break the wall down
Step in the arena and break the wall down
So good (You know I got ya), Soooooo right
Yeahhh, Yeah
Awaken from a deep sleep
You're all weak
You're living in the agony of defeat
I am the master of your whole heap
I am the pack that flock ya like sheep
Step into the town and break the wall down
Your heart beat is the only sound
Step into the light and then you'll know
You were stopped and dropped by the Walls of Jericho
(Whatcha ya gonna do?)
(Jericho)
(You're coming down)
Feel me now, (Jericho)
(Can't stop), uh, (Feel me now)
Break the walls down, (Can't stop, Jericho)
For those about to rock, Set the clock
For those about to jump, I'm all pumped
For those about to go, Watch me flow
Break down the Walls of Jericho
(Watch you want?)
(I'll break you down)
(What ya got?)
(Jericho all around)
You know I got ya, yeah
One, Break the wall down (Ahhhhhh)
Break down the walls
For those about to rock and what ya want
Baby you know you're judas and I'm your priest
Baby what I got is not from the least
Bring it through the stage in the rage of a beast
Step in the arena and break the wall down
Step in the arena and break the wall down
So good (You know I got ya), Soooooo right
Yeahhh, Yeah
Awaken from a deep sleep
You're all weak
You're living in the agony of defeat
I am the master of your whole heap
I am the pack that flock ya like sheep
Step into the town and break the wall down
Your heart beat is the only sound
Step into the light and then you'll know
You were stopped and dropped by the Walls of Jericho
(Whatcha ya gonna do?)
(Loser)
(You're coming down)
Feel me now, (Jericho)
(Can't stop), uh, (Feel me now)
Break the walls down, (Can't stop, Jericho)
For those about to rock, Set the clock
For those about to jump, I'm all pumped
For those about to go, Watch me flow
Break down the Walls of Jericho
(Watch you want?)
(I'll break you down)
(What ya got?)
(Jericho all around)
For those about to rock and what ya want
Baby you know you're judas and I'm your priest
Baby what I got is not from the least
Bring it through the stage in the rage of a beast
Step in the arena and break the wall down
Step in the arena and break the wall down
So good (You know I got ya), Soooooo right
Yeahhh, Yeah
Awaken from a deep sleep
You're all weak
You're living in the agony of defeat
I am the master of your whole heap
I am the pack that flock ya like sheep
Step into the town and break the wall down
Your heart beat is the only sound
Step into the light and then you'll know
You were stopped and dropped by the Walls of Jericho
(Whatcha ya gonna do?)
(Jericho)
(You're coming down)
Feel me now, (Jericho)
(Can't stop), uh, (Feel me now)
Break the walls down, (Can't stop, Jericho)
For those about to rock, Set the clock
For those about to jump, I'm all pumped
For those about to go, Watch me flow
Break down the Walls of Jericho
(Watch you want?)
(I'll break you down)
(What ya got?)
(Jericho all around)
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky
Break The Walls Down Lyrics as written by James Alan Johnston
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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