"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.
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
You are, you are, are, you are, you
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
Oh, an incurable humanist you, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
You, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
Let's go to the movies
I will hum you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies
I will hum you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies, let's go to the movies
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all, all
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
Oh, an incurable humanist you, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
You, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
Let's go to the movies
I will sing you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies
I will sing you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies, let's go to the movies
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all, all
Sit down, class, open up your textbooks to page 42
Porcupine-ology, antler-ology
Car-ology, bus-ology, train-ology, plane-ology
Mama-ology, papa-ology
You-ology, me-ology
Love-ology, kiss-ology
Stay-ology, please-ology
Let's study, class, let's study, class
Sit down
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
Let's study, class, let's study, class
Sit down
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
I'm sorry, forgive me
I'm sorry-ology
Forgive me, I'm sorry
Forgive me-ology
Forgive me, forgive me
Forgive me-ology
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
You are, you are, are, you are, you
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
Oh, an incurable humanist you, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
You, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
Let's go to the movies
I will hum you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies
I will hum you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies, let's go to the movies
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all, all
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
Oh, an incurable humanist you, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
You, ooh, ooh, ooh are, are, are, are
Let's go to the movies
I will sing you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies
I will sing you a song about nothin' at all
Let's go to the movies, let's go to the movies
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all
Nothin' at all, nothin' at all, all
Sit down, class, open up your textbooks to page 42
Porcupine-ology, antler-ology
Car-ology, bus-ology, train-ology, plane-ology
Mama-ology, papa-ology
You-ology, me-ology
Love-ology, kiss-ology
Stay-ology, please-ology
Let's study, class, let's study, class
Sit down
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
Let's study, class, let's study, class
Sit down
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Love-ology, love-ology
I'm sorry-ology, forgive me-ology
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
Oh, an incurable humanist you are
I'm sorry, forgive me
I'm sorry-ology
Forgive me, I'm sorry
Forgive me-ology
Forgive me, forgive me
Forgive me-ology
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I think, because she is talking about a humanist {which is pretty based on logistics}, she is talking about how he is unlovable (incurable), because he is so logical, so she does little, insignificant things (going to the movies;song about nothing at all) almost to pretend like they're in love, if that makes sense.
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I sort of agree with Katiemich about the "hum" being a little insignificant thing to pretend like they're in love, but I'm thinking something that goes along more with the majority theory of "loveology" being the experience of love<br /> <br /> "Let's go to the movies, <br /> I will hum you a song about nothing at all"<br /> <br /> I'm imagining a very young couple who have both just entered their first relationship. They want to express their affections to each other, but they don't know how, so they go to the movies (which is a very basic date) and the narrator wants to impress his/ her new lover with a song because they feel like they should but the reason it's "about nothing at all" is because they haven't experienced love enough to sing a sincere song about their affections. And perhaps it's "hum" and not sing because they are a little shy.