"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.
Once I've drawn my final painful breath, and disfigured any beauty my mind has of you.
This princess of pain can be ended elegantly.
With no distaste, no fear of soul decay.
I felt betrayed for so long.
These failures dragged me down.
I whither away.
I will never forgive or forget, a constant reminder, your lifeless heart on a rope around my neck.
A keepsake from this rusted love.
We are falling fast to the ground.
I'd bite into your face just to be close to your eyes
I've discarded such beauty in a past lifetime.
Ill stitch my own insides to the highest tree.
A keepsake of this rusted love you wish upon me.
This princess of pain can be ended elegantly.
With no distaste, no fear of soul decay.
I felt betrayed for so long.
These failures dragged me down.
I whither away.
I will never forgive or forget, a constant reminder, your lifeless heart on a rope around my neck.
A keepsake from this rusted love.
Everyone here who breathes will fucking die!
This princess of pain can be ended elegantly.
With no distaste, no fear of soul decay.
I felt betrayed for so long.
These failures dragged me down.
I whither away.
I will never forgive or forget, a constant reminder, your lifeless heart on a rope around my neck.
A keepsake from this rusted love.
We are falling fast to the ground.
I'd bite into your face just to be close to your eyes
I've discarded such beauty in a past lifetime.
Ill stitch my own insides to the highest tree.
A keepsake of this rusted love you wish upon me.
This princess of pain can be ended elegantly.
With no distaste, no fear of soul decay.
I felt betrayed for so long.
These failures dragged me down.
I whither away.
I will never forgive or forget, a constant reminder, your lifeless heart on a rope around my neck.
A keepsake from this rusted love.
Everyone here who breathes will fucking die!
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This song to me is about going through a break up, and the realization to grow stronger he has to erase her from his memory, at the same time the failure of the relationship is eating away at him, he'll never forget whats shes done, and all he wants to do is see her suffer like he is, hence your shirt would look better with a columbian necktie, or you would look better with a noose around your neck
Okay , SERIOUSLY . I came here , to maybe find out what the fucking song is about . NOT TO READ YOU PEOPLE GETTING ALL ASS HURT ON ONE GUY . Okay , maybe he's wrong & was an asshole about it . So what ? Its the internet , the chances of him coming back to check to see what you people replied to him are slim . So ignore it .
"I'd bite into your face just to be close to your eyes"
Fucking awesome lyrics. Def one of my all time fav albums this one... i cant get over it
Have no idea what this song is about
im not sure what this sng is about but a comlubian necktie is a columbian trademark where they slash someones throat then pull ther tongue through the open wound.
i rekon its saying that i dont need u every in my life again coz ur just in the way and annoing and if u dont stop ill cut ur throat and pull ur tounge thru ur neck coz u dont deserve to live
welll.... yerr
hmmm well i think the thing corpsesbleedcold said is prop true. i think its singing about someone who is getting in the way of things "I felt betrayed, for so long, I cant let go these failures dragged me down".
okay, corpsesbleedcold, you are a freaken moron. a columbian necktie is a name for a noose... you're probably too thick to know what a noose is so ill dumb that down for you too. a noose is the rope they tie around your neck when they hang you for being a dumbass. jesus christ im 16 years old and i know what a columbian necktie is, how can u not know.
"A constant reminder, Your lifeless heart on a rope around my neck"
for the love of god, even the lyrics tell you what a columbian necktie is, but you ignore them and make up some shit about pulling someone tongue through their neck. THAT ISNT EVEN POSSIBLE DUMBASS, HAVE YOU TRIED PUTTING YOU TONGUE BACK THAT FAR? IT BARELY REACHES INSIDE YOUR OESOPHAGUS.
some people, dear god. i signed up to this website just to tell you off, just so you know
even though everyone has pretty much raped you for this post for about three years... your a dumbass. just sayin.
No kshaur your a dumbass corpsesbleedcold was correct. A columbian necktie is also known as when someone is castrated and strangeled with their genetals. Jezz isigned up just to tell you off.
i thot a columbian neck tie was when a tire is put on somebodys head and burned... but its not:P:P duz ne one know what THAT is called lol
lmao wow i just read kshaur's comment and.. i have to saay that was a pretty good rant for some one who is wrong themselves. i think u owe corpsebloodcold an appology for being a tool, okay srry im dumb it down for u u need to know what yer talking about b4 u open yer mouth, and then say the words " i am terribly sorry for making myself look like an asshole " and then every thing will be better:):)