"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 could be ten, but then again
I can't remember half an hour since a quarter to four
Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa
And you leave me with my jaw on the floor
Just when you think (think) you're in control
Just when you think (think) you've got a hold
Just when you get on a roll
Here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known, should have known, should have known again
But here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
It starts out easy, something simple, something sleazy
Something inching past the edge of reserve
Now through the lines of the cheap venetian blinds
Your car is pulling off of the curb
Just when you think you're in control
Just when you think you've got a hold
Just when you get on a roll
Oh, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known, should have known, should have known again
But here it goes again
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I guess there's gotta be a break in the monotony
But Jesus, when it rains, how it pours
Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa
And you leave me, yeah, you leave me
Oh, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known, should have known, should have known again
But here it goes again
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known
I should have known
But here it goes again
Oh here it, oh here it, oh here it, oh here it
Oh, here it goes again
I should have, I should have, I should have, I should have
I should have known
I should have known
Oh, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I can't remember half an hour since a quarter to four
Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa
And you leave me with my jaw on the floor
Just when you think (think) you're in control
Just when you think (think) you've got a hold
Just when you get on a roll
Here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known, should have known, should have known again
But here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
It starts out easy, something simple, something sleazy
Something inching past the edge of reserve
Now through the lines of the cheap venetian blinds
Your car is pulling off of the curb
Just when you think you're in control
Just when you think you've got a hold
Just when you get on a roll
Oh, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known, should have known, should have known again
But here it goes again
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I guess there's gotta be a break in the monotony
But Jesus, when it rains, how it pours
Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa
And you leave me, yeah, you leave me
Oh, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known, should have known, should have known again
But here it goes again
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes
Oh, here it goes again
I should have known
I should have known
But here it goes again
Oh here it, oh here it, oh here it, oh here it
Oh, here it goes again
I should have, I should have, I should have, I should have
I should have known
I should have known
Oh, here it goes again
Oh, here it goes again
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have you seen this video? this song is amazing, and the words are amazing and the video is amazing. okgo is amazing. haha.
Last night at the concert damian was talking about this being a kids bop song now and he said:
"Well, this is a song about waking up after a one night stand and then feeling that you might be falling in love with the person. And I really wonder if an eight year old has ever felt that."
he was charming. so yeah, that's what it's about:)
came here to say this, he's made repeated statements that this is what the song is about.
The song is about having a one night stand. The guy thinks it will just be a one night fling and nothing more, and after sex, he falls in love with her.
You don't fall in love in one night, especially after a few drinks and sex. That's called lust. And if he's into that sort of thing than there's always another waiting at the bar at closing time. (Hence the song:)
its about a relationship that someone is being used?
I think this is about taking somebody back after they've cheated on you, and you put your trust in them, but they decieve you again. And he should have known, and here it goes again!
i think it's an on and off relationship. here it goes again. even though they'll be back for the sex? should've known better than to come back.
my favorite part is the pixes reference
"Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa, And you leave me with my jaw on the floor."
This song is so catchy it's not even funny. =)
I absolutely loved the music video for this song. I'm going to go out and buy 8 treadmills just so I can do that.
Oh and the song is awesome too. It's about how everytime life is all hunky dory and perfect something comes along and fucks it all up to hell. And it just keeps happening.
It kinda reminds me of how people have houses in Florida. The house is all perfect then a hurricane comes along and beats the crap out of the house. Then the owner of the house rebuilds it. Then the hurricane tears it apart. Then it's rebuilt. Then it's ripped again. Then it's rebuilt. Then it's down again. It just goes on like this FOREVER.
"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience." — George Bernard Shaw
LOL nice comparison