"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, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh ohh!
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh ohh!
I'm climbin' off the boxes
That's when you boned her
Seen how you lose it
You couldn't control it
Placent, I'm stuck complacent
Success complacent
Stuck on
oh, oh, oh, oh oh ohh!
oh oh ohh!
I'm mimi the spastic
Slipped in the outhouse
Grease me I'm lonely
I've started to come down
Placent, I'm stuck complacent
Success complacent
Stuck on
I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored playing cards
Sex, I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored playing cards
Sex, I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored playing cards
Sex, 'n boys boys boys boys boys play cards
oh ohhhh
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh ohh!
I'm climbin' off the boxes
That's when you boned her
Seen how you lose it
You couldn't control it
Placent, I'm stuck complacent
Success complacent
Stuck on
oh, oh, oh, oh oh ohh!
oh oh ohh!
I'm mimi the spastic
Slipped in the outhouse
Grease me I'm lonely
I've started to come down
Placent, I'm stuck complacent
Success complacent
Stuck on
I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored playing cards
Sex, I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored playing cards
Sex, I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored playing cards
Sex, 'n boys boys boys boys boys play cards
oh ohhhh
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these lyrics are nowhere to be found on the net! i know some of these lyrics are wrong, however, that was my best interpretation of the song
Speak clearly, Ade!
There's lots wrong, but good try.
"Sex, 'n boys boys boys boys boys break hearts"
i know that "im climbin off the boxes" is wrong, but im not sure what it is. but i know that "thats when you boned her" (sounds horrible) is acctually "it's best when you're bolder"
also believe that it is "im bored, break hearts" not "playing cards" like the8es said, but i dont believe it is "stuck hard" i am certain it is "stuck on"
@dustidoodoo you're TERRIFIC
I don't think anybody knows the lyrics to this song besides Clinic themselves, so you did a good job.
I always thought he said
"Please me, I'm stuck, come please me, Success completes me"
but your guess is as good as mine.
Even without understanding the lyrics, I think the music is excellent and creates a mood/meaning all by itself. It's definitely my favorfite Clinic track.
hm, do you know how to edit the lyrics? i think it should be more like wikipedia in a way, would be much easier. as is your name name a tribute to Mike Komisarek?
i'm not sure how to change the lyrics, but on second attempt, this is what i have
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, OH OH OHH!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, OH OH OHH!
I'm climbin off the boxes That's when you boned her Seen how you lose it You couldn't control it Please it, I'm stuck come please it Success completes it Stuck hard
oh, oh, oh, OH OH OHH!
OH OH OHH!
I'm mimi the spastic Slipped in the outhouse Grease me I'm lonely I've started to come down Please it, I'm stuck come please it Success completes it Stuck hard
I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored break hearts Sex, I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored break hearts Sex, I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored break hearts Sex, 'n boys boys boys boys boys break hearts
oh ohhhh
even though a lot of the lyrics are hard to make out i'm sure it's safe to say this song is about someone who's something of a nymphomaniac, uses sex to find temporary satisfaction, but in the long run it amounts to nothing. he/she uses people for sex, and ends up breaking hearts because of it, and can never know true love.
the song seems really bitter and cynical, but who has never felt that way about someone that sleeps around?
I'm bored break asses