"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.
Went to where the people were on a Saturday night
Seems like it always seems
Where I go I want to leave
I thought we were doing fine with our lives
There are people who will tell you
There is always something better
If you don't know or care you'll be alright
I heard it's modern to be stupid
You don't need to talk to look good
I surprised myself as my mouth started speaking
There is nothing left of my nerves
As I lean over to ask her
Pardon the intrusion
Could we leave before it gets bad?
I might smash up all these windows
And set fire to the curtains
Until it goes on and eats it with its blue and red orange
Until the fire burns and eats it with its blue and red orange
If you don't know or care you'll be alright
I heard it's modern to be stupid
You don't need a thought to look good
Pardon the intrusion
Could we leave before it gets bad?
I might smash up all the windows
And set fire to the curtains
Went to where the people were on a Saturday night
Seems like it always seems
Where I go I want to leave
I surprised myself as my mouth started speaking
There is nothing left of my nerves
As I lean over to ask her
Pardon the intrusion
Could we leave before it gets bad?
I might smash up all the windows
And set fire to the curtains
Until it goes on and eats it with its blue and red orange
Until the fire burns and eats it with its blue and red orange
Seems like it always seems
Where I go I want to leave
I thought we were doing fine with our lives
There are people who will tell you
There is always something better
If you don't know or care you'll be alright
I heard it's modern to be stupid
You don't need to talk to look good
I surprised myself as my mouth started speaking
There is nothing left of my nerves
As I lean over to ask her
Pardon the intrusion
Could we leave before it gets bad?
I might smash up all these windows
And set fire to the curtains
Until it goes on and eats it with its blue and red orange
Until the fire burns and eats it with its blue and red orange
If you don't know or care you'll be alright
I heard it's modern to be stupid
You don't need a thought to look good
Pardon the intrusion
Could we leave before it gets bad?
I might smash up all the windows
And set fire to the curtains
Went to where the people were on a Saturday night
Seems like it always seems
Where I go I want to leave
I surprised myself as my mouth started speaking
There is nothing left of my nerves
As I lean over to ask her
Pardon the intrusion
Could we leave before it gets bad?
I might smash up all the windows
And set fire to the curtains
Until it goes on and eats it with its blue and red orange
Until the fire burns and eats it with its blue and red orange
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Halloween Lyrics as written by Matthew Morris Pond
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i think the song is how fake people are they hide behind mask (holloween) that its hard to connect with people and when you do get the nerve to make contact you never know what you are going to get (holloween/trick or treat)
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And set fire to the curtains/Until it goes on and eats it with its blue and red orange/ Until the fire burns and eats it with its blue and red orange.” Smash, set fire, burns. The words emote aggression as well do the colors of blue, red, and orange: The colors of fire. He repeats the last line twice, emphasizing the fire. In certain schools of thought, or philosophies, fire is seen as a purifier. In Hinduism it is used in Yagna, a prayer that is held around a fire, to purify the soul and help realize God, or become God-conscious. In Christianity, fire is what greets those who end up in hell for bad deeds. Perhaps the narrator sees this party as a living hell and wants too purify it. He wants to help his companion elevate her consciousness.
You put all of my ideas into the perfect words with this interpretation. It seems like you wrote this for a class paper though and reached you length requirement at the end because the fire interpretations seems less finished then the rest, but still one of the most well thought out interpretations I've read on this site.
Given that this entire album is about how shallow and careless the 'Big City' is, this is just the first song expressing distaste and disdain for the shallow people who populate the shallow city. I agree though...I pretty much hate people too
i think this has to do more than just a party. i believe that he's trying to get out that he doesn't feel right following the crowd and doing what everyone else does. i think this sort of as the unique anthem of society with the mentioning of the saturday night and the you don't need talk to look good (how people act stupid).
I really love this song because it speaks to a sense of social frustration I have at parties. I guess it has something to do with being around people you don't really want to be around. But that feeling that you should want to enjoy that, socializing, etc...so you keep going back. And the whole line about mouth started speaking. I love that. It just feels like the longer he is in the situation, the less he is able to control his emotions/thoughts/feelings, etc. Which I totally relate to. To the point where if you don't leave you're going to say/do something really outrageous like set fire to something. Haha. I love it.
The "until it goes..." part throws me off a bit, so unless you know the lyrics, or until mppa produces the lyrics... uh... yeah, I still wouldn't know the official lines.
Anyway, this is quite the catchy song and seems to be based on leaving a party, or a home, or just some place that obviously isn't too good. I like how the song continues to build on itself, and I am looking foward to their new album.
This was a totally different song to me before I read the lyrics. At first, I thought "Could we leave before it gets bad?" was "Could we leave before he gets back?" ...which made it seem like he was trying to pick up this beautiful woman who had a boyfriend (that was in the bathroom or at the bar) and he was going to burn the place down if he couldn't have her.
Now it's either a song about someone who can't fit in at parties (which I can relate to) or someone who's trying to get out of a relationship before it gets bad (the line "I thought we were doing fine with our lives/There are people who will tell you/There is always something better" supports that)
Either way, it's a freakin' beautiful song. I can't stop listening to it.
This song is gorgeous. I don't know what the real meaning is but it is worth listening to over and over.
i think this song just simply refers to a guy and a female friend of his going to a party on a saturday night. once there he realizes all the fake people around him hence saying, "heard it's modern to be stupid, you don't need to talk to look good." as the paty continues he begins to get drunk and i believe there's something that he thinks about everytime he gets drunk. maybe an ex of his or someone else who broke his heart. that's why he says," I thought we were doing fine with our lives, there are people who will tell you, there is always something better." and the drunker he gets, the more upset he is. and i think the chorus actually goes, "pardon the intrusion, could we leave before 'he' gets bad." he as in himself getting out of control because he can't supress his emotions."could we leave before it gets bad," just sounds weak and "could we leave before he gets back," sounds kinda pansy. so i think it's "he gets bad," because not only does it sound like that when you listen to it, but if it is that it's very deep and great poetry. but, i love this song, this song alone made me buy the album and i'm so glad i did!
This song is the best. awesome beat, sad/adorable vocals, perfect lyrics. great all around