"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.
Everyone in highschool will worship
The fucking ground I walk on
If it was up to me
I'll never be a target
I'll never be a fucking virgin
But it's not up to me
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
So now I'm (woooo)
We got the limo (woooo)
I'm running (woooo)
'Cause I'll be fucking at the
Best prom ever
So now I'm (woooo)
We got the limo (woooo)
I'm running (woooo)
'Cause I'll be fucking at the
Best prom ever
Everyone in highschool will worship
The fucking ground I walk on
If it was up to me
I'll never be a target
I'll never be a fucking virgin
But it's not up to me
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
So now I'm (woooo)
We got the limo (woooo)
I'm running (woooo)
'Cause I'll be fucking at the
Best prom ever
Best prom ever
Guess what, girlfriend
You have got nothing on me, whore
You won't be missed
So get the whole fucking thing over with
Best prom ever
The fucking ground I walk on
If it was up to me
I'll never be a target
I'll never be a fucking virgin
But it's not up to me
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
So now I'm (woooo)
We got the limo (woooo)
I'm running (woooo)
'Cause I'll be fucking at the
Best prom ever
So now I'm (woooo)
We got the limo (woooo)
I'm running (woooo)
'Cause I'll be fucking at the
Best prom ever
Everyone in highschool will worship
The fucking ground I walk on
If it was up to me
I'll never be a target
I'll never be a fucking virgin
But it's not up to me
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
You make me hard
So now I'm (woooo)
We got the limo (woooo)
I'm running (woooo)
'Cause I'll be fucking at the
Best prom ever
Best prom ever
Guess what, girlfriend
You have got nothing on me, whore
You won't be missed
So get the whole fucking thing over with
Best prom ever
Lyrics submitted by iLL Ronald
Prom Lyrics as written by James Euringer
Lyrics © JAMES IS A GIRL MUSIC C/O CITRIN COOPERMAN
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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He wants to be cool, pretty simple.
I must go up to a pretty lass sometime and whisper in her ear, "You make me hard." If she doesn't get it, she's not into MSI, and thus clearly not cool enough.
This is a song about those bitchy stupid prom queen whores and how they go to prom thinking they're goin to get knocked up and have the best prom ever but in fact they're all shallow and stupid. Yeah.. or something
lvlindless is fuckin' right. "You won't be missed, so get the whole fuckin thing over with!" Stupid bimbos think it's all about them and their $100 nails and think they're the shit. Crap. If I'm starting to see logic in Jimmy U's lyrics, it must be fuckin' late. XD I feel like Jimmy in Straight to Video's musicvid when his eyes freaky bulge
I think it's making fun of people in high school who waste time worrying about stupid shit like popularity and have shallow relationships because they just want to have sex.
'You make me hard' lmao!!! That part is the best part of the whole song... it sounds soooo awesome...
It sounds like there is a sample from the videogame Boogerman for the Genesis/SNES. Tubular
i totally agree with you mushroomheadrules
i sounds so crazy
and by 'i sounds so crazy' i meant IT
I love the WOOOOO part and the you make me hard :P love these guys
oops forgot to put the rest this song is about wanting to go to prom and be this awesome guy who get's the hottest chick and everyone loves you or something like that...now that I write that it sounds dumb...