"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.
Ignore
the weak
the lies
they speak
You claim you know the approach. You claim you've been here so long. well you haven't learned a thing at all, you just pretend to play the part.
you don't practice what you preach. You divide and isolate.
this is not what its supposed to be, this is not what hardcore needs.
keep running your mouth
keep running your mouth
some day you'll learn to stop
keep running your mouth
keep running your mouth
we'll see who comes out on top
ignore
the weak
the lies
they speak
You talk , you talk , you talk, well now I'm gonna shut you up.
you should think before you speak my friend.
i don't hate you, its not the end.
you just need to open your mind
for get the standard, leave it behind.
shut your mouth and listen up
this is not some elite club
this is still a mentality that stays alive inside of me
i wont heed to those irrelevant. i abhor just the thought.
disregarding all that's trivial
the weak in mind will rot
Those true at heart will come out on top.
the weak
the lies
they speak
You claim you know the approach. You claim you've been here so long. well you haven't learned a thing at all, you just pretend to play the part.
you don't practice what you preach. You divide and isolate.
this is not what its supposed to be, this is not what hardcore needs.
keep running your mouth
keep running your mouth
some day you'll learn to stop
keep running your mouth
keep running your mouth
we'll see who comes out on top
ignore
the weak
the lies
they speak
You talk , you talk , you talk, well now I'm gonna shut you up.
you should think before you speak my friend.
i don't hate you, its not the end.
you just need to open your mind
for get the standard, leave it behind.
shut your mouth and listen up
this is not some elite club
this is still a mentality that stays alive inside of me
i wont heed to those irrelevant. i abhor just the thought.
disregarding all that's trivial
the weak in mind will rot
Those true at heart will come out on top.
Lyrics submitted by oOkandEkoatedOo
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