"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.
Rye, rye, rocco
Marco Esquandolas
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul
You've got to run like an antelope out of control
You've got to run like an antelope out of control
Marco Esquandolas
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run
Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul
You've got to run like an antelope out of control
You've got to run like an antelope out of control
Lyrics submitted by rlanantelope, edited by joejefferyCT
Run Like an Antelope Lyrics as written by Trey Anastasio
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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dunno if da lyrics do mean somthing.. but da music is so fkin great!!
this song is about being yourself and stomping all over/ignoring rules and regulations of society, (a.k.a. \"run like an antelope out of control\"). dunno what the first lines are about, but i do know that marco esquandolas refers to some guy who they recorded with or something like that.
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@cfnu Loving Cup?
correction - add: "been you to have any spike, man?"