"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.
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
I put my hands up to my face
So hard for me to just embrace the land
The moment's gone and now I'm dry
And how the camera can reply
Cool babies and soft operations
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
I tried to give in everything
The games I played, the songs I sing
What do I do, do I provoke
Oh, how the camera has misspoke
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture (don't want you to take my picture)
Don't want you to take my picture (picture)
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Cool babies and soft operations (don't want you)
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup (to take my picture, picture)
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up (picture)
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
I put my hands up to my face
So hard for me to just embrace the land
The moment's gone and now I'm dry
And how the camera can reply
Cool babies and soft operations
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
I tried to give in everything
The games I played, the songs I sing
What do I do, do I provoke
Oh, how the camera has misspoke
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture (don't want you to take my picture)
Don't want you to take my picture (picture)
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Cool babies and soft operations (don't want you)
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup (to take my picture, picture)
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up (picture)
Lyrics submitted by smallwonderrobot, edited by Gundam
I Hate Camera Lyrics as written by Greg Kurstin Inara George
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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obviously,shes self consious.. she hates her fase.. rawr
yeah its a girl who doesnt like having her photo taken. like my mum. haha. also its "do i provoke" not propose. :)
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i wonder who the person is telling her to "shut up" is? could it be herself? telling her to calm down, and that getting your picture taken couldnt be that bad? or could the camera be a metaphor to the public around her?
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Ohhhh.
I love this song :3
Very brilliant melody!
Ohhhh.
I love this song :3
Very brilliant melody!
I get something along the same lines as Makashiro. I imagine the politician, only in it for the money and power, who sets up a photo shoot (of the baby-kissing type) only to improve his image. Or the doctor who has similar motives and doesn't actually care about helping people. Only, no one likes being told to "sit down and shut up" while their misfortunes are used for someone else's self-serving agenda. Maybe she's speaking out against this?
I think it's So hard for me to just erase the lens
Cool babies and soft operations Holding my hands, throwing coins in my cup Twisting numbers and public relations
I try to give it everything The games I play, the songs I sing