"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 walk into the club looking kind of sexy now.
I see these shorties in the corner, they started making out.
They pull their panties down, they take their pants off.
Then they started getting freaky on the dance floor.
Shake it mommy give it to me like you need some love.
I got some bottles in the caddy that we can open up.
Let's get drunk tonight, baby we don't have to fuck.
And bring your friend along, maybe we can have some fun.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
I got these bitches all tipsy trying to sex me.
I know they want it, alcoholics are some sex freaks.
This ex and chronic gots me wanting to get messy.
So let's get messy girls, come on let's go get messy girls.
Come on bitch, you know you want this.
That hardcore shit will make you feel the toxic.
Fursachi, Rolex watches.
Bently coups with the 20's droppin.
Convertible top, and the wheels spin.
I can taste that ice when my grill is in.
If you want me baby feel me in.
'cause I don't waste my time with lesbians.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
Liar! [x8]
Oh baby why did you have to lie to me.
I can't play no more games.
These thoughts are slowly controlling me.
You're turning off the flame.
So go baby go baby.
You don't want me.
So go baby go baby.
Come and get me.
So go baby go baby.
You don't want me.
So go baby go!
Come and get me.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
I see these shorties in the corner, they started making out.
They pull their panties down, they take their pants off.
Then they started getting freaky on the dance floor.
Shake it mommy give it to me like you need some love.
I got some bottles in the caddy that we can open up.
Let's get drunk tonight, baby we don't have to fuck.
And bring your friend along, maybe we can have some fun.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
I got these bitches all tipsy trying to sex me.
I know they want it, alcoholics are some sex freaks.
This ex and chronic gots me wanting to get messy.
So let's get messy girls, come on let's go get messy girls.
Come on bitch, you know you want this.
That hardcore shit will make you feel the toxic.
Fursachi, Rolex watches.
Bently coups with the 20's droppin.
Convertible top, and the wheels spin.
I can taste that ice when my grill is in.
If you want me baby feel me in.
'cause I don't waste my time with lesbians.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
Liar! [x8]
Oh baby why did you have to lie to me.
I can't play no more games.
These thoughts are slowly controlling me.
You're turning off the flame.
So go baby go baby.
You don't want me.
So go baby go baby.
Come and get me.
So go baby go baby.
You don't want me.
So go baby go!
Come and get me.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
Lyrics submitted by dustysilhouettes
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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Holy shit people, what the fuck is wrong with you? Brokencyde is GOD AWFUL. Seriously, if god himself had tried to make a worse song, in all of his supremacy, he would have failed miserably. Let's start off with the fact that THEY DON'T MAKE THEIR BEATS. THEY BUY THEIR BEATS! If your going to pay someone to make beats for you they might as fucking well be decent. On top of that THEY DON"T WRITE ANY OF THE OTHER MUSIC EITHER! They seriously don't have any talent if they can't write any songs better than the ones they preform. Honestly now, The members of the band that don't sing, don't do shit besides play the same fucking three notes over and over again . The people who sing suck too, if you want to call it that. If you have to use auto tune, THAT MEANS YOU CANT SING. Auto tune is fine as an effect but when you use it in every song then it is just covering up your fail. On top of that their screaming isn't good either. These guys are just of bunch of talentless, hypocrites, breed by the disgusting nature of modern america, to appeal to dumb scene fags and hipsters. I don't see how a group of such gigantor fagots can be so misogynistic. I haven't even really touched to much on how much the music itself is, sans any singing or screaming. It is boring, repetitive, over simple, crap that a monkey could have done. Artists who do nothing nowadays but "look good" (lol) and put on shows to entertain kids that are obviously way to easily entertained. They don't produce, they don't mix, they don't manage, they don't master, they don't write. Then what the fuck do they do? If you dis agree with me then you are a stupid cunt. If you disagree with me then you are a 13 year old hipster with ABSOLUTELY NO TASTE, and there is something wrong with you. There are no exceptions to this, this is not my opinion, IT IS THE FUCKING TRUTH. And yes they are unique, in that no band thus far in history has benn capable of sucking so much dick. Now go listen to some good music, like aphex twin (or don't because your head might asplode).
P.S. How the fuck do you take off your panties before you take off your pants? Just goes to show that they all have mega downs.