"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.
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going
And you said, it was like fire around the brim
Burning solid, burning thin the burning rim
Like stars burning holes right through the dark
Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes
You were one inch from the edge of this bed
I dragged you back a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst
With hungry lions, with all their might and all their thirst
They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin
Against the walls, against your rules, against your skin
My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors
Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going
And you said, it was like fire around the brim
Burning solid, burning thin the burning rim
Like stars burning holes right through the dark
Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes
You were one inch from the edge of this bed
I dragged you back a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst
With hungry lions, with all their might and all their thirst
They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin
Against the walls, against your rules, against your skin
My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors
Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead, sleepyhead
Lyrics submitted by robbnthahood, edited by Littleredfox16, Civanfan
Sleepyhead Lyrics as written by Michael Angelakos Mary O'hara
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And everything is going to the beat And everything is going to the beat And everything is going
And you said it was like fire around the brim Burning solid burning thin the burning rim Like stars burning holes right through the dark Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes You were one inch from the edge of this bed I dragged you back a sleepyhead
They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst With all their lions and all their might and all their thirst They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin Against the walls against your rules against your skin My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead
Your head
This song sint about love or sex, its about smoking weed. I know you probably dont want to hear it but its true. "And you said it was like fire around the brim" Fire around the brim of a bowl. "Burning solid burning thin the burning rim" the rim of a joint burning slowly and strong. "Like stars burning holes right through the dark" Smoking at night time and all that can be seen is the light from the burning weed. "Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes" Using a lighter and when you smoke your eyes get all messed up. "You were an inchfromthe edge of this bed<br /> I dragged you back a sleepyhead" you where so messed up and I pulled you back a sleepyhead (you get tired when you smoke). "They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst" you lost your temper at my pot head friends because you dont like it. "With all their lieing and all their might and all their thirst" My friends lie about being high and they are overly couragouse because they are high but they are thirsty (cotton mouth) because they smoked. "They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts somewhere within" Smokers are everywhere even in her thoughts. "Against the walls against your rules against your skin" She doesnt like smoking so she doesnt allow it but the smoke is everywhere even in her house that doesnt allow it. "My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors" All i do is smoke, I dont even take the time to shave. "Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead" But when your high all you see is the skies because your a sleepyhead.<br /> <br /> You may not like it but thats what the song is about.
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