"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.
There's a pleasant feeling in my hand
it feels just as it should
such a pleasant feeling in my hand
it feels just as it should
such a pleasant pleasant
feeling your hand and knowing you're in pain
from the top of my head
I feel the feeling
coming down
all over me
Ultimate satisfaction
coming down
all over me
There is no better
form of relief
than that certain knowledge
you're getting what you deserve
makes my heart flutter with the spasm
of my nerves
from the top of my head
I feel the feeling
coming down
all over me
Ultimate satisfaction
coming down
all over me
it feels just as it should
such a pleasant feeling in my hand
it feels just as it should
such a pleasant pleasant
feeling your hand and knowing you're in pain
from the top of my head
I feel the feeling
coming down
all over me
Ultimate satisfaction
coming down
all over me
There is no better
form of relief
than that certain knowledge
you're getting what you deserve
makes my heart flutter with the spasm
of my nerves
from the top of my head
I feel the feeling
coming down
all over me
Ultimate satisfaction
coming down
all over me
Lyrics submitted by boogieordie
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wild guess.....masturbation?
I thought I was crazy...but I too think this song is about masturbation...or strangling a person.
prolly about jackin it or chokin someone.
yea ill have to agree about the masturbation thing. haha when i first heard this song i thought they said "theres a pleasant feeling in my pants" which would also make sense. but if its not about masturbation, then my next guess would have to be about heroin or some other type of strong opiate. as i have felt the exact same way as the song describes while i was on that shit
yea ill have to agree about the masturbation thing. haha when i first heard this song i thought they said "theres a pleasant feeling in my pants" which would also make sense. but if its not about masturbation, then my next guess would have to be about heroin or some other type of strong opiate. as i have felt the exact same way as the song describes while i was on that shit
haha although masturbation did cross my mind, i don't think that's what this song is about. I think its about a person watching someone they love deeply get everything they deserve in life. It may be a parent watching their child or possibly someone who let their love go with someone else and is watching them find happiness, which in return made them happy. "There is no better form of relief than that certain knowledge you're getting what you deserve makes my heart flutter with the spasm of my nerves" then they follow with: "ultimate satisfaction coming down, all over me"
Wow, I didn't get either of the interpretations above. Here are my thoughts:
This song is a total backhanded way of wishing someone you loved well, but reveling in thier downfalls and pain. Feeling good about the when your ex (or whoever) is doing poorly off on their own.
"such a pleasant pleasant feeling your hand and knowing you're in pain" AND
"certain knowledge you're getting what you deserve makes my heart flutter with the spasm of my nerves"
Pleasant feelings knowing you're in pain? Hearts aflutter knowing someone is getting what's coming to them?
That's how I'm seeing it, really--with the tone of the song and all. A giant "Good, go fuck yourself" song, I think. Who hasn't felt that way--in a saddistic way almost?
This song is obviously about a homosexual man that has homosexual feelings but has to hide it then his homosexuality turns into homophobia. He then strangles a man that is homosexual and shows love toward him and he feels great satisfaction because he feels as if he is actually squeezing the life out of the homosexual part of himself before he gets married to a woman and has to live with his secret homosexual existence for the rest of his life. Really twisted and fucked up song. Definitely has undertones of sadism and narcissism.