"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.
Sitting for lunch in a square in this town
This town that I'm new to,
New fellow from my new town sat me down
And explained it to me:
How when I spin from him I spin from myself,
The center can double the speed of the crust.
Thank you, my treacherous friends.
I'm cringing for myself when I cringe for you.
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Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How grateful I am
Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How grateful I am for your insights.
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With regard to my newborn arachnid kids,
There's something we must discuss:
Perhaps we should sit them down and explain
How not to be saved.
Perhaps you could help me to demonstrate
How your center can keep up its sickening spin.
Thank you, my treacherous friends.
Perhaps for my children your surface will smile.
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Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
The fate of my children, the spiders.
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Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How pleasant it's been
Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How pleasant it's been this demise.
This town that I'm new to,
New fellow from my new town sat me down
And explained it to me:
How when I spin from him I spin from myself,
The center can double the speed of the crust.
Thank you, my treacherous friends.
I'm cringing for myself when I cringe for you.
Â
Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How grateful I am
Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How grateful I am for your insights.
Â
With regard to my newborn arachnid kids,
There's something we must discuss:
Perhaps we should sit them down and explain
How not to be saved.
Perhaps you could help me to demonstrate
How your center can keep up its sickening spin.
Thank you, my treacherous friends.
Perhaps for my children your surface will smile.
Â
Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
The fate of my children, the spiders.
Â
Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How pleasant it's been
Hello, my treacherous friends,
And thank you for joining me here tonight.
I brought you all here to discuss, as I must,
How pleasant it's been this demise.
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Hello, My Treacherous Friends Lyrics as written by Damian Kulash
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Spiders are "treacherous friends", they eat harmful bugs, but they are dangerous (and icky) at the same time.
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