"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.
Take a drive in the wrong hand lane
Got bad breath talking bout fresh rain
My hand my hand gonna shake the same
Are you gonna be your own goddamn best friend
Well we taught the fruit how to eat itself
It was hanging out alone all on the shelf
How do I land
Cause I don't understand
Walk across the country shaking many hands
And you're buying the product,
But you didn't get that 'cause you already got it
And you do not understand
Take a drive
Black hole talking bout nothing
You can't get the chicken or the stuffing
Going round and you think your tough
When you can't kick ass
Take a ride on a downtown train
Wake-up so you can get drunk again well
Take a drive in the wrong hand lane
Got bad breath talking bout fresh rain
We taught the mirror how to admire itself
Are you gonna get sick worrying bout your health
Where do I land
I don't understand
Got bad breath talking bout fresh rain
My hand my hand gonna shake the same
Are you gonna be your own goddamn best friend
Well we taught the fruit how to eat itself
It was hanging out alone all on the shelf
How do I land
Cause I don't understand
Walk across the country shaking many hands
And you're buying the product,
But you didn't get that 'cause you already got it
And you do not understand
Take a drive
Black hole talking bout nothing
You can't get the chicken or the stuffing
Going round and you think your tough
When you can't kick ass
Take a ride on a downtown train
Wake-up so you can get drunk again well
Take a drive in the wrong hand lane
Got bad breath talking bout fresh rain
We taught the mirror how to admire itself
Are you gonna get sick worrying bout your health
Where do I land
I don't understand
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The Fruit That Ate Itself Lyrics as written by Isaac Brock Eric Judy
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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can someone figure out what the hell Issac's saying about muffins?
I remember one time I was walking home listening to this, and just as the "how do I land" line played, I looked up to see a plane overhead.
I dunno. It was perfect.
people not accepting blame...
adam and eve both said the other "ate the fruit"
I can just see god standing there, "Oh, so the fruit ate itself?!"
@a9entsmith hahaha. Bravo, dude fkn bravo, had to give props for sure !
This is clearly about how society is following the wrong path. "Take a drive in the wrong hand lane" It portrays the whole idea of mankind being the creator of it's own demise. With technology and machines. "well we taught the fruit how to eat itself" nad "we taught the mirror how to admire itself" clearly portray that. If you can't catch that well, be prepared to be you're own destruction.
Kinda like march into the sea. That makes sense.
I think this is a song about hypochondria and fucking the American Capitalist system and hypocritical oxymoronic trendy motherfuckers. Who knows...it could be all or none of the before-mentioned. I've given up trying to figure it out...it's just damn good music. I think the last line of the song nicely sums up my attitude concerning the lyrical content.
the album cover for The Fruit That Ate Itself is cool...its like deep or something...im bad at explaining what i think
if you can resist rocking out to this song you are a better man than i. if the bass line doesn't get me the "bwa chika bwa chika bwa chika" does and soon enough i'm yelling "WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL"
nah i think its bout trying to project an image about being fake which much of america is but i see it as one person not a whole object walk across the country shaking many hands and you're buying the product, but you didn't get that cos you already got it and you do not understand thats like saying that your out there to everyone trying to be something your not but youve also lost all identity of yourself thats what i see the songs about
This is one of my favorite songs along with I came as a rat. Is anyone into Red Red meat or Ugly cassanova....Isaak is great i heard he has schitzophrenia...sorry if i spelled it wrong.
There's no T but other than that youre good. By the way, i can't find a cd for this and it isn't on itunes. I wish i could listen to this all the time . . . Until i can find another way i'll have to rely on yiutube and grooveshark to ever hear it. Sigh.
this song sounds like a modest mouse rap song. Its so bad ass