"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.
It's getting quiet here again
For a minute let's pretend
When I disappear the world stops turning
Getting hasseled by my friends
They're telling me I'm changing for the worst
Another episode and still pretending
I'm growing tired of holding out
Another open road it's never ending time
Here's to you, the good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and me
All the questions are the same
Won't you question whose to blame
Or ask me when my fire stops burning
Throwing more than just the game
Spitting back my answers well rehearsed
Another episode is still pretending
I'm growing tired of holding out
Another open road it's never ending time
Here's to you, the good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and me
and me, and me, and me, and me...
Another episode and still pretending
I'm growing tired of holding out
Another open road it's never ending time
Here's to you, the good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and...
... you, this good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and me
and me, and me, and me, you and me
For a minute let's pretend
When I disappear the world stops turning
Getting hasseled by my friends
They're telling me I'm changing for the worst
Another episode and still pretending
I'm growing tired of holding out
Another open road it's never ending time
Here's to you, the good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and me
All the questions are the same
Won't you question whose to blame
Or ask me when my fire stops burning
Throwing more than just the game
Spitting back my answers well rehearsed
Another episode is still pretending
I'm growing tired of holding out
Another open road it's never ending time
Here's to you, the good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and me
and me, and me, and me, and me...
Another episode and still pretending
I'm growing tired of holding out
Another open road it's never ending time
Here's to you, the good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and...
... you, this good life and me
Here's to handshakes and losers
Medicine and Gasoline
Here's to you, the good life to be
The dial tones, the misery and me
and me, and me, and me, you and me
Lyrics submitted by trippinb
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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This is a great song, Heres to all of you other punkish "losers". LBC forever, MTV for never.
"Throwing more than just the game"
ohh! i love how they make refrance to their throwing the game cd x33333
oh my gosh, 2 comments? this songs actually amazing. :] soon this best be spammed :D
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"This song brings me back to Redondo Beach, CA where we recorded most of the 'Commitment' album with producer - Miguel. I loved it out there, but I remember being in this state of mind where I wasn't super confident about my playing or the parts that was coming up. While tracking bass the studio (Total Access), Miguel had a great way of making me challenge myself and feel really good about what I was doing in the end.
This 'Live & Acoustic' recording adds an entirely different element to this song in my opinion. I remember us really taking a lot of time to strip this song down, rework it and try to make it compete with that MTV "Unplugged" vibe that we all grew up on. Plus doing the show at Beat Kitchen always makes a show feel like you're a bit more in touch with a crowd than you would at some of the larger venues that we have played at. " -Jason Schultejann