"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.
Hunger, the word of wolves
Rhythms collapse against closed doors
Hearts frozen in time
Blood stains our sight
The red in the sky is ours
Hunger, soulrot
Thirst for higher rush of pain
Hands raised to theheavens
Oh, sing praise to the Lord of Rot
A kingdom burned by sins
The red in the sky is ours
Hunger, soulrot
Thirst for higher rush of pain
Black, the eyes of God they shine
As our victory coulors our sight
Blessed be thee, Queen of Crimson
The red in the sky is ours...Twilight is ours
Revoulution, the red in the sky is ours
The red in hte sky is ours 'till the end of time
Red
Rhythms collapse against closed doors
Hearts frozen in time
Blood stains our sight
The red in the sky is ours
Hunger, soulrot
Thirst for higher rush of pain
Hands raised to theheavens
Oh, sing praise to the Lord of Rot
A kingdom burned by sins
The red in the sky is ours
Hunger, soulrot
Thirst for higher rush of pain
Black, the eyes of God they shine
As our victory coulors our sight
Blessed be thee, Queen of Crimson
The red in the sky is ours...Twilight is ours
Revoulution, the red in the sky is ours
The red in hte sky is ours 'till the end of time
Red
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The Red In The Sky Is Ours Lyrics as written by Alf Svensson Adrian Erlandsson
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