"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.
I didn’t know that this genre had a dress code
I didn’t know that I had to bust a lymph node
To scream a note in a song that’ll hurt your ears
All alone after shows as he drinks his beers
To break his edge in front of peers is what he fears the most
Closed-minded listener as all he hears is HARDCORE music
Said he bashes other music
Spends too much time hating music
If his life is made of music
He must really hate life too
Chorus
Can you see, said can you see through that haircut
Can you breath, can you breathe with those tight jeans
Can’t you see, said can’t you see that it’s just a trend
Another one, another one of the scene kids
You’ll be all alone in a week or two
You and your dead vogue, history repeats
In the music biz
All the time now
Said can’t you see that it’s just a trend
Another one, another one of those scene kids
Now picture this, you’re at a show Friday night
In walks a crew, all dressed up looking for a fight
Not there for music, they only show up in spite
Pay 5 bucks at the door, just so they can spread some fright
Hey Mr. Bush, I think I found some terrorist
They’re in my town, they’re always doing BREAKDOWNS
They look the same, with X’s tattooed on their fists
In my hometown is where the fascists still exist
Chorus
I didn’t know that I had to bust a lymph node
To scream a note in a song that’ll hurt your ears
All alone after shows as he drinks his beers
To break his edge in front of peers is what he fears the most
Closed-minded listener as all he hears is HARDCORE music
Said he bashes other music
Spends too much time hating music
If his life is made of music
He must really hate life too
Chorus
Can you see, said can you see through that haircut
Can you breath, can you breathe with those tight jeans
Can’t you see, said can’t you see that it’s just a trend
Another one, another one of the scene kids
You’ll be all alone in a week or two
You and your dead vogue, history repeats
In the music biz
All the time now
Said can’t you see that it’s just a trend
Another one, another one of those scene kids
Now picture this, you’re at a show Friday night
In walks a crew, all dressed up looking for a fight
Not there for music, they only show up in spite
Pay 5 bucks at the door, just so they can spread some fright
Hey Mr. Bush, I think I found some terrorist
They’re in my town, they’re always doing BREAKDOWNS
They look the same, with X’s tattooed on their fists
In my hometown is where the fascists still exist
Chorus
Lyrics submitted by tomcat360
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