"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.
I'm not wishing anymore
I'm not writing songs for you
I sleep better in the dark
I'm not doing this for you
This is because of you I don't believe
Tongue tied an institute of my relief
You're my, my reason to shame
(My reason to shame)
I'm not wishing anymore
I'm not writing songs for you
I sleep better in the dark
I'm not doing this for you
This is because of you I don't believe
Tongue tied an institute of my relief
One wish that this is over
You are all I waste today
(Discarded worthless throw it away)
Will it tear you apart?
Will it?
Will it tear you apart?
(When I turn and walk away
Abandon, its not worth the effort
When stalling means
Too fucking scared to create
Abandon, its not worth the effort
When stalling and too scared)
One wish that this is over
You are all I waste today
(Discarded worthless throw it away)
Will it tear you apart?
Will it?
Will it tear you apart?
When I turn and walk away
I'm not holding onto this
I'm not wasting words on you
I sleep alone in spite of it
I'll do anything for you
This is because of you I feel relief
Tongue tied to investigate what I believe
You're my, my reason to blame (my reason to blame)
I'm not holding onto this
I'm not wasting words on you
I sleep alone in spite of it
I'll do anything for you
This is because of you I feel relief
Tongue tied to investigate what I believe
You're my, my reason to blame (my reason to blame)
I'm not writing songs for you
I sleep better in the dark
I'm not doing this for you
This is because of you I don't believe
Tongue tied an institute of my relief
You're my, my reason to shame
(My reason to shame)
I'm not wishing anymore
I'm not writing songs for you
I sleep better in the dark
I'm not doing this for you
This is because of you I don't believe
Tongue tied an institute of my relief
One wish that this is over
You are all I waste today
(Discarded worthless throw it away)
Will it tear you apart?
Will it?
Will it tear you apart?
(When I turn and walk away
Abandon, its not worth the effort
When stalling means
Too fucking scared to create
Abandon, its not worth the effort
When stalling and too scared)
One wish that this is over
You are all I waste today
(Discarded worthless throw it away)
Will it tear you apart?
Will it?
Will it tear you apart?
When I turn and walk away
I'm not holding onto this
I'm not wasting words on you
I sleep alone in spite of it
I'll do anything for you
This is because of you I feel relief
Tongue tied to investigate what I believe
You're my, my reason to blame (my reason to blame)
I'm not holding onto this
I'm not wasting words on you
I sleep alone in spite of it
I'll do anything for you
This is because of you I feel relief
Tongue tied to investigate what I believe
You're my, my reason to blame (my reason to blame)
Lyrics submitted by ChokingDownEmbers
The After Dinner Payback Lyrics as written by Brian Deneeve Benjamin Perri
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Deep, very deep
The drumming in this song is AMAZING. omg.
really great song .. I can SO relate to ..oO
really great song .. I can SO relate to ..oO
i think its the fact that he hates her but every second he has to think its about her he doesnt want to be with her but something is telling him to be falling in love is easy its getting out thats the hard part and some people never get out loves a cage man
awww LUCKYYY i want this song screamed in my faccce >.
this song is AMAZINGLY POWERFUL! it was great to hear it preformed live...lol....except that i accidentally punched him in the face...that was quite embarrassing
i hate the internet. at 1:06, is it how its posted on songmeaning:
"abandon, its not worth the effort When Stalling means Too fucking scared to create abandon, its not worth the effort When stalling and too scared"
because i noticed on a different site this is how it was posted:
"Looked back and...not worth the effort Stolen and chewed up, cut, scathed, and relieved Looked back and...not worth the effort You've stolen the true skin"
because i believe it could just as well be the second one. Although i dont have the album so i dunno. maybe the correct lyrics are posted in the booklet or something. But still. amazing amazing song never the less
This song is definitely about a relationship ending and him hating the girl afterwards. In a way it's a lot how I feel after my ex-gf told me she had been cheating on me for a while. I thought we had something special and wonderful, but all the time it was all a lie. So... "I'm not wishing anymore, I'm not writing songs for you." (btw, I do write song lyrics of my own and FAtA has been a big inspiration to many of them.)
This song is perfect. I was soooo in love with a girl and the love was unrequited, yet it made me ill all the time and i'd have days off school just thinking about her and writing poems and stuff about her, then I tried to convince myself i was over her, yet ever time she'd call or text me, i'd be back where i began and i'd have done anything for her. So, this songs kinda like - i love you, but go away i hate you. hmmm, very confusing