"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.
There must be something we can eat
Maybe find another lover
Should I fly to Los Angeles
Find my asshole brother
Mickey mouse has grown up a cow
Dave's on sale again
We kissy kiss in the rear view
We're so bored, you're to blame
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Raindogs howl for the century
A million dollars at stake
As you search for your demigod
And you fake with a saint
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't believe that Elvis is dead, yeah
I don't believe that Elvis is dead
I don't believe that Elvis is dead, yeah
I don't believe that Elvis is, Elvis is
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Zen, zen
I don't think so, I don't think so, I don't think so
Maybe find another lover
Should I fly to Los Angeles
Find my asshole brother
Mickey mouse has grown up a cow
Dave's on sale again
We kissy kiss in the rear view
We're so bored, you're to blame
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Raindogs howl for the century
A million dollars at stake
As you search for your demigod
And you fake with a saint
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't believe that Elvis is dead, yeah
I don't believe that Elvis is dead
I don't believe that Elvis is dead, yeah
I don't believe that Elvis is, Elvis is
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
There's no sex in your violence
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Try to see it once my way
Everything zen, everything zen
I don't think so
Zen, zen
I don't think so, I don't think so, I don't think so
Lyrics submitted by lilsweetness77, edited by Lousailor, david12675
Everything Zen Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
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i was just wondering if anyone could see the connection to david bowie.... in david bowie's song -life on mars?- one of his lyrics is mickey mouse has grown up a cow, and then i noticed that bush had used it and followed it with dave's on sale again and there has been mention before of how david is often considered a sell out cause he restablishes himself to fit with the current trend of popular music, so i wonder if he was in mind when gavin wrote this song...
Yeah, I realize you posted this comment over a decade ago, but just for the record...<br /> <br /> David Bowie is not considered a sellout by anyone who has a clue about music. Bowie continually reinvented himself throughout his entire career. He LED music into new directions multiple times and is considered one of the most innovative artists of our time almost universally.<br /> <br /> I don't know where you got this "often considered a sellout" nonsense from, but it's absolutely wrong.