"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.
Morning calls for pain relief,
A line above the step beneath
The worst that you could do.
And the best that you could hope for,
Is hardly the best.
Tepid waters chase the pills
With turpentine and chamomile,
And don't get cheap on the wine.
You need to be up all of the time.
Shield your eyes, conceal your lies.
Don't blink.
Everyone's watching.
They'll think that you're up to something.
They need for you to be everything
That they cannot be themselves.
A line above the step beneath
The worst that you could do.
And the best that you could hope for,
Is hardly the best.
Tepid waters chase the pills
With turpentine and chamomile,
And don't get cheap on the wine.
You need to be up all of the time.
Shield your eyes, conceal your lies.
Don't blink.
Everyone's watching.
They'll think that you're up to something.
They need for you to be everything
That they cannot be themselves.
Lyrics submitted by LandofRevery
Morning Calls Lyrics as written by Michael Duane Stroud Christopher Andrew Carrabba
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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It's not the same as 'Turpentine Chaser'. Duh.
I fail to see people's need to post about a song or band that they hate. Really... don't you have anything better to do?
This song explains itself... "Don't blink everyone's watching" --everyone is counting on you "They'll think you're up to something" --they can't see that you struggle, because it would be letting them down "They need for you to be everything that they cannot be themselves" --self explanitory...you have to be their charachter because they depend on you. I guess I can kind of relate to this song becuase a lot of people come to me for advice, expecting me to have alllllll the answers...when I totally don't. And I have problems too, but no where to go becuase everyone depends on me to make the right decisions and choices for them.
I think this song is about a mom who's depressed but she doesn't want her kids to find out because she knows she has to be there for them.
"tepid water chase the pills with turpentine & chamomile" TURPENTINE CHASER!
The other day when i was being emo and sk8boarding, I was having a tough time landing this trick. So I thought to myself "come on jennifer, you're a man, you can do this" and then I thought about this song, and how emo it was, and how emo it made me feel, and how i like to be emo. So I tried to do the trick again, and I failed. Emo and Dashboard have failed me.
Just because you suck at life don't mean it's Dashboard's fault. Maybe you should try not bein a frickin poser and get a life.
The other day when I was being emo and sk8boarding I couldn't land this trick. So I thought to myself "Come on Jennifer, you're a man, you can do this". And then I thought of this song, and how emo it was, and how emo it made me feel. I loved feeling emo like this. So i tried the trick again. I failed. Emo Failed me.
Yes, I could kill Dashboard Confessional. Unfortunately, having something better to do isn't always legal.
oh yeah i'm sure if murder was legal you would kill them. uh huh. keep dreaming.
i like this song.. but unlike i~music=life~!.. im not exactly being depended on by everyone [i wish]. but i do love the part thats all 'and the best that you could hope for is hardly the best' i mean when doesnt that seem so true?