"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.
All of the falling on the ground
holder in ground
I lay down a shrine
and I come with the autumn to tear it down
orange and brown
and I lay a soft down
for all the waiting old and thine
brethren bathing bones and brine
separate your light from mine
multiply
Under the spell of full November moon
light on the broom
frost in my room
in through a window came a ghost I knew
oh she paid me a visit while I was in my bed
sleepy, she said,
"sleep as though dead
for in the morning you are called"
is what she said
To the high desert all is raging
you must go to the battlefield
and follow the cry of men rampaging
and gather the ones that won't heal
Down through a cloud of smoke
to the promised land
many are dead
river runs red
for my god and for my king
is what he said
Oh I came down to my knees
with my lips to his ear
my hand to his chest
his wounded breast
for my god and for my king
I will not rest
But in the high desert
you are dying
for your god and his ghost and the son
do not hold to the earth
on which you are lying
for the kingdom can never be won
All of the falling on the ground
holder in ground
I lay down a shrine
and I come with the autumn to tear it down
orange and brown
and I lay a soft down
for all the waiting old and thine
brethren bathing bones and brine
separate your light from mine
let go of the earth
holder in ground
I lay down a shrine
and I come with the autumn to tear it down
orange and brown
and I lay a soft down
for all the waiting old and thine
brethren bathing bones and brine
separate your light from mine
multiply
Under the spell of full November moon
light on the broom
frost in my room
in through a window came a ghost I knew
oh she paid me a visit while I was in my bed
sleepy, she said,
"sleep as though dead
for in the morning you are called"
is what she said
To the high desert all is raging
you must go to the battlefield
and follow the cry of men rampaging
and gather the ones that won't heal
Down through a cloud of smoke
to the promised land
many are dead
river runs red
for my god and for my king
is what he said
Oh I came down to my knees
with my lips to his ear
my hand to his chest
his wounded breast
for my god and for my king
I will not rest
But in the high desert
you are dying
for your god and his ghost and the son
do not hold to the earth
on which you are lying
for the kingdom can never be won
All of the falling on the ground
holder in ground
I lay down a shrine
and I come with the autumn to tear it down
orange and brown
and I lay a soft down
for all the waiting old and thine
brethren bathing bones and brine
separate your light from mine
let go of the earth
Lyrics submitted by avataraera
The Kingdom Lyrics as written by Jesca Hoop
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All of the fallen on the ground Hollarin ground I lay down a shrine and I Come with the autumn To tear it down Orange and brown And I lay a soft down For all are waiting All in line Brethren bathin' Bones in brine Separate your light from lime Our mortal bind
Under the spell of full November moon Light on the broom Frost in my room In through the window Came a ghost I knew She paid me a visit while I was in my bed Sleepy she said Sleep as though dead For in the morning you are called Is what she said To the high desert War is raging You must go to the battlefield And follow the cry of men rampaging And gather the ones that won't heal
Down through a cloud of smoke to the promised land Many are dead River runs red "For my god and for my king" is what he said I came to my knees with my lips to his ear My hand to his chest His wounded breast For my god and for my king I will not rest
But in the high desert You are dying For your god and his ghost and the son Do not hold to the earth on which you are lying For the kingdom can never be won
All of the fallen under ground Hollarin ground I lay down a shrine and i Come with the autumn to Tear it down Orange and brown And I lay a soft down For all are waiting All in line Brethren bathing bones in brine Separate your light from lime Let go of the earth