"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.
Hot (Aww)
You can keep your black tongue
Well I found at the mortuary
You know I'm gonna want some want some
We'll hide in the back room gonna have a packed suit
With this you will regret
Just let it be your yeah, yeah, yeah
Sonny kept his ring on
Red tape so ordinary
Love I feel like it was gone, gone, gone, gone
Lets do this like a prison break,
I want to see you scream and shake.
[Chorus:]
Boy you just a stupid bitch
And girl you just a no good dick...
Hot
Were gonna keep it in the family
Yeah well even though were on the run
You know they're gonna want some, want some
Well hide in the back room gonna have a packed suit
With this you will regret
Just let it be your yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
You can keep your black tongue
Well I found at the mortuary
You know I'm gonna want some want some
We'll hide in the back room gonna have a packed suit
With this you will regret
Just let it be your yeah, yeah, yeah
Sonny kept his ring on
Red tape so ordinary
Love I feel like it was gone, gone, gone, gone
Lets do this like a prison break,
I want to see you scream and shake.
[Chorus:]
Boy you just a stupid bitch
And girl you just a no good dick...
Hot
Were gonna keep it in the family
Yeah well even though were on the run
You know they're gonna want some, want some
Well hide in the back room gonna have a packed suit
With this you will regret
Just let it be your yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by ruben, edited by Subterainian
Black Tongue Lyrics as written by Karen Lee Orzolek Brian Chase
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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i'm surprised there aren't more comments on this song! it's one of my faves from them, and the lyrics are so obscure. i've found alot of flaws with the lyrics posted above; for instance i'm pretty sure its "we're high in the bathroom gonna have a pack soon" and not "we'll hide in the bathroom gonna have a packed suit" and "sonny kept his ring on" not "kept his rain on"
there is one interpretation that jump out at me: it's about just being young and dumb and doing dumb shit just because you can still get away with it. These two kids are going through a rebellious phase, hence references to "getting high in the back room gonna have a pack soon" and "prison breaks" and being "on the run." right now they're being "stupid bitches and no good dicks" because it's fun and they can.
in europe, "black tongue" is old fashioned slang for ass licking.
or maybe this song is about chows....
Other songs of theirs have referenced themes of incest (cold light comes to mind), I don't think it's at all literal, but just a metaphor.
i love the HOT at the beggining. rock oooon karen!
I think this song really shows just how well Karen can throw her voice around at whim and bring it back seamlessly.
its about incest!?! ew.
The song is great and she's insane I love her...
How is this song about incest?
i think the "we can keep it in the family" line is what makes people think it's about incest. luckily karen is an only child.
Whatever the meaning, and I am unsure, it obviosuly means alot to the group..it the song the band name came from. Yeah yeah yeah.....
no its not. they're named after a "popular new york phrase" and also things you say during sex.