"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 down for a minute
Touch the grass on the other side
Meet the devil who is your host
Strike down what you believe in
Get it done with a gun
When I'm in hell you can talk to my ghost
Reach out for what is nothing
The grass is red just for a while
Reason burns behind the wall
It will pass in a minute
Eggs will hatch inside your head
Your little feeble body soon will crawl
Can you feel it itch
Can you feel it so divine
When blood is pissing down your spine
There's no turning back
Your infected blood will boil
'Cause you walked on rotten soil
It's hard to take a stand but
It's harder to take a fall
Open the lid of your own casket
Touch the grass on the other side
Meet the devil who is your host
Strike down what you believe in
Get it done with a gun
When I'm in hell you can talk to my ghost
Reach out for what is nothing
The grass is red just for a while
Reason burns behind the wall
It will pass in a minute
Eggs will hatch inside your head
Your little feeble body soon will crawl
Can you feel it itch
Can you feel it so divine
When blood is pissing down your spine
There's no turning back
Your infected blood will boil
'Cause you walked on rotten soil
It's hard to take a stand but
It's harder to take a fall
Open the lid of your own casket
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Rotten Soil Lyrics as written by Ulf Andreas Cederlund Niklas Andersson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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