"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.
Beautiful day,
You would hardly notice,
All the disease.
And we are all to become desperate,
As desperation is grounds for remorse.
And suddenly everything else bows down in comparison.
When the blast wave hit,
The impact burned paint from the walls onto their skin,
Inadvertently mixing new hues of green and blue,
That would never be seen again.
Human ash fell like snow as winter began around the world.
Clouds covered every inch of the earth
As the survivors came out of whatever holes they found.
And then the sun ceased its shine.
Radiation coupled with toxic fumes
Strangled whatever was left alive.
And now the real horror begins.
This is when they begin to think.
You would hardly notice,
All the disease.
And we are all to become desperate,
As desperation is grounds for remorse.
And suddenly everything else bows down in comparison.
When the blast wave hit,
The impact burned paint from the walls onto their skin,
Inadvertently mixing new hues of green and blue,
That would never be seen again.
Human ash fell like snow as winter began around the world.
Clouds covered every inch of the earth
As the survivors came out of whatever holes they found.
And then the sun ceased its shine.
Radiation coupled with toxic fumes
Strangled whatever was left alive.
And now the real horror begins.
This is when they begin to think.
Lyrics submitted by bloodjunkie
Angry Mob Justice Lyrics as written by Daniel Laskiewicz Daniel Daponde
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but the end is about when the survivors come out and realize they're the only ones left. so then i guess the real horror could be them killing eachother or going crazy because everythings gone.
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this has gotta be one of my favorite songs off of the album...the lyrics are well written and explicitly descriptive.
and the music does a good job of reflecting the different stages of the apocalypse...like how as Vincent says 'then the blast wave hit' is when the guitars pick up in speed and heaviness, or how after he says 'winter began around the world' the guitars pick up again because another tragedy is about to happen.
kick ass song...the video is nice too.
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