"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.
Please leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman
From that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
Please leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman
From that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
When you're in black slacks with accentuating off-white pin-stripes whoa oh
Everything goes according to plan
I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it
Because you say so under your breath
You're reading lips, "When did he get all confident?"
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better and you can't stand it
Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain
And I bet you just can't keep up (keep up) with, with these fashionistas
And tonight, tonight you are, you are the whispering campaign
I bet to them your name is cheap, I bet to them you look like shh
Talk to the mirror, oh choke back tears, and keep telling yourself that
"I'm a diva"
Oh, and the smokes in that cigarette box
On the table, they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin
I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it
Because you say so under your breath
You're reading lips, "When did he get all confident?"
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better and you can't stand it
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better and you can't stand it
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better and you can't stand it
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
From that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
Please leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman
From that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and
When you're in black slacks with accentuating off-white pin-stripes whoa oh
Everything goes according to plan
I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it
Because you say so under your breath
You're reading lips, "When did he get all confident?"
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better and you can't stand it
Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain
And I bet you just can't keep up (keep up) with, with these fashionistas
And tonight, tonight you are, you are the whispering campaign
I bet to them your name is cheap, I bet to them you look like shh
Talk to the mirror, oh choke back tears, and keep telling yourself that
"I'm a diva"
Oh, and the smokes in that cigarette box
On the table, they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin
I'm the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it
Because you say so under your breath
You're reading lips, "When did he get all confident?"
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
Never looked better and you can't stand it
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better and you can't stand it
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
I've never looked better and you can't stand it
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
And I know, and I know it just doesn't feel like a night out
With no one sizing you up
I've never been so surreptitious
So of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter, edited by Sniper09025
There's a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet Lyrics as written by Spencer Smith George Ross
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"I bet to them, your name is "Cheap", I bet to them you look like sh--"
he doesn't actually SAY shit there in the song. does anybody else feel the urge to say "sheep" because it rhymes with cheap? Sheep would actually make sense as well; people who go with the flow, follow the trends, do what everyone else does can be called "sheep." I'm wondering if maybe he just said "sh--" so it could go either way.
If so.... p!atd is too freaking clever for its own good.
i actually agree with this i never thought about that
The tables are numbered so he knows where the cigarettes with nitroglycerin, so that he can poison her. (He's the new Cancer), meaning that he is a fatal disease to her, he is going to kill her.
i love the sheep theory. if that was what they were thinking then once again their intelligence has floored me.
People who are moaning about the title length. There is a reason for the long title. "Oh, and the smokes in that cigarette box at your table They just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin" He put the cigarettes on her table, not necessarily to kill her but so that he can make her look like an idiot when she lights one and it blows up in her face. But of course he personally didn't put them on the table. The 'waiter' or someone put them there ... Thats why it's called "There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet" Well thats what I think anyway ... It all figures =D
@StarxHano this is so genius i never even thought about that<br />
Great song! Here is how I interpret it.
The beginning starts off as someone would enter into a formal gathering. And the notice that it was more formal than they were expecting... Sooner or later, they love how they are so unnaccepted, and find it very fun to feel so out of place. [[Please leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman. From that moment, you'll be out of place and under dressed.I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.]]
This part, I think means when, eventually, people start talking about the person. And the core reason of the talking is mainly jealousy. Because even though they look different, and a bit out of place, they still look amazing because they have confidence. [[I'm the new cancer!,Never looked better, you can't stand it.Because you say so under your breath.You're reading lips, "When did he get all confident?"Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer,Never looked better and you can't stand it.]]
This part is when the people are still talking and the person might be confident, but in reality everyone is saying things about you that you would never imagine. "I bet to them your name is cheap. I bet to them you look like.. shh." By a whispering campagn, it means that everyone is talking about the person in whispers, slowly destroying the guy's reputation. [[Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain and I bet you just can't keep up with(keep up!)these fashionistas and. Tonight, tonight, you are, you are a whispering campaign. I bet to them, your name is "Cheap", I bet to them you look like shh...]]
This is when he is trying to fight back the tears, because it's secretly hurting him. As much as confidence he might have, it hurts at the end. The guy keeps telling him he's a diva, and not listening to whatever the others have to say. [[Talk to the mirror, oh, choke back tears. And keep telling yourself that,"I'm a diva" Oh and the smokes in that cigarette box On the table, they just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin.]]
This is how he's fed up with everyone's fakeness and plans on saying something to them. "Spiking them with a punch." [[And I know, and I know, It just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up. I've never been so surreptitious, so of course you'll be distracted when I spike the punch.]]
I think I get the "Cancer" means.
It mentions cigarettes, which cause lung cancer. Cigarettes are addictive. Therefore, I think he's saying that he's popular and people are "addicted to him" now, so to speak.
Complete guess. I might be reading too much into it.
the cigarettes are "laced with nitroglycerin," which will poison her. i'm not sure what he means by "cancer," but i don't think they're connected.
I think the 'cancer' bit is meaning he's there and it's not going to be easy to get rid of him so she "can't stand it" because he's going to be there. I don't know if that's right but
the title of the song makes me think about how tables at restaurants are numbered.
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"Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman. And from that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed."
I love that line so much. It's awesome
Under duress, instead of underdressed. (I used to think it was underdressed too. xD)
No, it's definitely 'under dressed', at least the first time...