"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.
Watching the days slip by so fast
Knowing our fate has long been cast
Working our fingers to the bone
'Cause nobody loves you when you're gone, gone, gone, gone
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where all of my love comes pouring out
You know you'll always be my man
But grab yourself sweetness where you can
'Cause sooner or later we're gonna die
Left to the dogs under the sky
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where waves of my love come tumbling out
You say that all the good is gone
That I have forgotten who I am
Free as a bird
Wild as the wind
But somehow I cannot let you in
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Leaving me for someone real)
(For someone real)
(For someone real)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
Knowing our fate has long been cast
Working our fingers to the bone
'Cause nobody loves you when you're gone, gone, gone, gone
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where all of my love comes pouring out
You know you'll always be my man
But grab yourself sweetness where you can
'Cause sooner or later we're gonna die
Left to the dogs under the sky
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
(I cracked a piece of broken glass)
Coughing up feeling just for you
To find something real to hold on to
But there is a hole inside my heart
Where waves of my love come tumbling out
You say that all the good is gone
That I have forgotten who I am
Free as a bird
Wild as the wind
But somehow I cannot let you in
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Someone real)
(Leaving me for someone real)
(For someone real)
(For someone real)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
(Leaving me in here)
Lyrics submitted by Metal6Hell6Maker6, edited by ShhImMivi, s0ngfly
Nobody Loves You Lyrics as written by Shirley Ann Manson Douglas Elwin Erickson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
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Great version of a great song,
Why are the lyrics up for this song that of 'Parade' now? Erm...
I know I submitted corrections, and it looks like others have too. I guess they have their heart set on this being Parade now... smh
One of my favourites.
Don't know whether you're still reading but I'm fairly sure it's "I'm sorry" and "Please leave me be" continuously
Anyway. Haunting song and a desperate tale of love and despair
brilliant song. pretty self explanatory, but nonetheless brilliant.
These should be right:
Watching the days slip by so fast Knowing our fate has long been cast Working our fingers to the bone Cause nobody loves you when you're gone
Coughing up feeling just for you To find something real to hold on to But there is a hole inside my heart Where all of my love comes pouring out.
You know you'll always be my man But grab yourself sweetness where you can Cause sooner or later we're going to die Left to the dogs under the sky
I cracked a piece of broken glass
Coughing up feeling just for you To find something real to hold on to But there is a hole inside my heart Where waves of my love come tumbling out. You say that all the good is gone That I have forgotten who I am Free as a bird Wild as the wind But somehow I cannot let you in
hmm i wonder what hse says at the end of this song if anyone knows plaese post it!
@Begging Bone It sounds like she may be say pretty please, the story or its yours. That's just a few things that I think it could possibly be.
not exactly sure, but to me it sounds like "bleed and feel" or "bleed and heal" shrug
This is a beautiful song. Probably one of the best G songs ever . It's great to listen to it when I'm really, really depressed........