"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.
Sittin' on your ass all day
Thinkin' bout your hangover and the par-tay
You left your fuckin' keys at
And had to beg for a
Ride from a stranger that I never met before
He acted so friendly that I had to take the ride
But for some reason he resembled that guy
Wanted for a robbery
And beatin' on his kid
"You remind me of my stepson"
He chuckled with a grin
What was that move
That they taught in self-defense
You block the killer's knife
Move with some confidence
The signal when you're trapped inside a moving car I wonder if he'll drive real far
What a day, What a day
Should've stayed home shootin' the breeze all day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
You should think next time
Before you start to play
What a day, What a day
I wonder what'll happen today
Rub your eyes from
No sleep this week
Tap your heels home
Then fall asleep
Sittin' 'round looking for a fight
Kinda' pissed off how I'm turnin' my life
Up-side down from insecure insecurities
Makin' up my mind through old hypocrisy
Up and out of harms way
Down cause I want to be there
Here because you want me
Not because you're caught in my stare
What was that move
That they taught in self-defense
You block the killer's knife
Move with some confidence
The signal when you're trapped inside a moving car
I wonder if he'll drive real far
What a day, What a day
Should've stayed home shootin' the breeze all day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
You should think next time
Before you start to play
What a day, What a day
I wonder what'll happen today
Rub your eyes from
No sleep this week
Tap your heels home
Then fall asleep
Alseep in me
There is something wrong instead
What a day, What a day
Should've stayed home shootin' the breeze all day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
You should think next time
Before you start to play
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
Thinkin' bout your hangover and the par-tay
You left your fuckin' keys at
And had to beg for a
Ride from a stranger that I never met before
He acted so friendly that I had to take the ride
But for some reason he resembled that guy
Wanted for a robbery
And beatin' on his kid
"You remind me of my stepson"
He chuckled with a grin
What was that move
That they taught in self-defense
You block the killer's knife
Move with some confidence
The signal when you're trapped inside a moving car I wonder if he'll drive real far
What a day, What a day
Should've stayed home shootin' the breeze all day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
You should think next time
Before you start to play
What a day, What a day
I wonder what'll happen today
Rub your eyes from
No sleep this week
Tap your heels home
Then fall asleep
Sittin' 'round looking for a fight
Kinda' pissed off how I'm turnin' my life
Up-side down from insecure insecurities
Makin' up my mind through old hypocrisy
Up and out of harms way
Down cause I want to be there
Here because you want me
Not because you're caught in my stare
What was that move
That they taught in self-defense
You block the killer's knife
Move with some confidence
The signal when you're trapped inside a moving car
I wonder if he'll drive real far
What a day, What a day
Should've stayed home shootin' the breeze all day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
You should think next time
Before you start to play
What a day, What a day
I wonder what'll happen today
Rub your eyes from
No sleep this week
Tap your heels home
Then fall asleep
Alseep in me
There is something wrong instead
What a day, What a day
Should've stayed home shootin' the breeze all day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
You should think next time
Before you start to play
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
What a day, What a day
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
What a Day Lyrics as written by Elias P. Soriano Andrew Jason Goldman
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this song is hella cool
This song is like, my theme song....except for the leaving car keys...it's usually house keys, which sucks, but you really havn't had a bad day till you have been picked up by a known criminal :) May Nonpoint Rock On Forever
its about about a strange day
This song is awesome. It reminds me of everyday life. People gettin hurt cause they dont think before they do. But its not really their fault cause you never thought it'd happen to you.
This is a good song :D Very catchy but very spooky in a way... lol
The song is about having a really bad and fucked up day. How do I know this? They opened for Papa Roach and there singer said this before they played the song. Nonpoint is tha shit live.
These people kicked ass at the K-Rockathon in Oswego. They put on one hell of a show. This song kicks ass and is one of the best songs of all times.
i saw them in 01 at the krockathon at vernon downs.... they were wicked good. i love this song its crazy
Yea I saw em in Charlotte, NC when they kicked off the Love Hate Tradgedy tour. They where probably the first band I moshed to, I came out of that concert black and blue.
i saw them a couple weeks ago with papa roach and they blew me away...theyre a fn awesome live band