"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.
Just something inside,
My situation,
This life I have to live,
Fuckin' blastin', the everlastin',
Let nature take it course,
No! I don't expect you to understand,
Scandaless, ignorant man,
Crawling under my skin,
Killing you, can't you feel it?
[Chorus]
Minds of confusion
Lookin' for another way,
Constant confusion
Find a way out,
Turn the page, my life's a failure,
Close the book, on my instant anger,
Listen up, to this confession,
I need another session,
It doesn't really matter to me!
(Nooohhhwooohhh)
You know it doesn't matter to me!
What I got right now, (now)
Another confrontation,
Another day in a concrete nation,
Well I'm scheming, and I'm feening,
Damn! it leave me dreaming,
Tear it up! tear it up!
Break you muthafucka!
Gonna beat your ass down!
Tear it up! tear it up!
Minds of confusion!
[Chorus]
You got me lying at the bottom,
Of another cold nightmare,
Click, click, bang, bang,
Kill yourself, no pain,
Well it's a vision,
Of a dead conclusion,
Their solution,
Is the penitentiary,
Confusion confusion confusion!
Just something inside,
My situation,
This life I have to live,
Fuckin' blastin', the everlastin',
Let nature take it course,
No! I don't expect you to understand,
Scandaless, ignorant man,
Crawling under my skin,
Killing you, can't you feel it?
It doesn't really matter to me!
(Nooohhhwooohhh)
You know it doesn't matter to me!
Minds of confusion
Find a way out!
My situation,
This life I have to live,
Fuckin' blastin', the everlastin',
Let nature take it course,
No! I don't expect you to understand,
Scandaless, ignorant man,
Crawling under my skin,
Killing you, can't you feel it?
[Chorus]
Minds of confusion
Lookin' for another way,
Constant confusion
Find a way out,
Turn the page, my life's a failure,
Close the book, on my instant anger,
Listen up, to this confession,
I need another session,
It doesn't really matter to me!
(Nooohhhwooohhh)
You know it doesn't matter to me!
What I got right now, (now)
Another confrontation,
Another day in a concrete nation,
Well I'm scheming, and I'm feening,
Damn! it leave me dreaming,
Tear it up! tear it up!
Break you muthafucka!
Gonna beat your ass down!
Tear it up! tear it up!
Minds of confusion!
[Chorus]
You got me lying at the bottom,
Of another cold nightmare,
Click, click, bang, bang,
Kill yourself, no pain,
Well it's a vision,
Of a dead conclusion,
Their solution,
Is the penitentiary,
Confusion confusion confusion!
Just something inside,
My situation,
This life I have to live,
Fuckin' blastin', the everlastin',
Let nature take it course,
No! I don't expect you to understand,
Scandaless, ignorant man,
Crawling under my skin,
Killing you, can't you feel it?
It doesn't really matter to me!
(Nooohhhwooohhh)
You know it doesn't matter to me!
Minds of confusion
Find a way out!
Lyrics submitted by EmbryoSystem
Minds of Confusion Lyrics as written by Todd Deguchi James Anthony Korthe
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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