"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.
Got an attitude
Thinking that he's always right
Blowin' smoke rings
Making me wanna fight
I never look back
At all the things I've ever done
I never look up
Seeing that he's on the run
Seeing that he's on the run
It's a big thing
Everything the heart desires
And now I have to
Try to out do the fight
I caught a big break
Went to play in the road
I saw you laughing
Even though you know it's old
Even though you know it's old
Even though you know it's old
Even when you're on the run
Even when you're on the run
Even when you're on the run
Even when you're on the run
Even though you know it's old
Thinking that he's always right
Blowin' smoke rings
Making me wanna fight
I never look back
At all the things I've ever done
I never look up
Seeing that he's on the run
Seeing that he's on the run
It's a big thing
Everything the heart desires
And now I have to
Try to out do the fight
I caught a big break
Went to play in the road
I saw you laughing
Even though you know it's old
Even though you know it's old
Even though you know it's old
Even when you're on the run
Even when you're on the run
Even when you're on the run
Even when you're on the run
Even though you know it's old
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This song reminds me of the Charlie Brown song when Jared is belting out the bass.
I feel as though he is taking about the persona(maybe talking about rooster) he gives off, a smart-ass, tough guy that is over confident. And now that he looks back he sees the faults in how he was like and now he is trying to move past that and be a better man even though it is haunting him.
At the same time, I could also see this being about Jared and how he sees a part of him in Jared. That how he acts now was similar to how he was back then too.
I actually thought this song should have less lyrics and more of the awesome music but now after reading the lyrics I take it back.
The lyrics at the start of this are actually:<br /> <br /> "Got Nacho, thinking that he's always right."<br /> <br /> Caleb explained this in an ITV2 interview screened last week in UK; Nacho referring to his cousin.<br />
Ah makes sense then. I kinda figured this was about someone, never thought it was about Nacho.
He's also their guitar tech. His real name is chris followill, I think he got his name when his cousins said the space between his crossed legs look like a nacho.
The first line should be 'attitude', not 'natural'.
I'm sure I read somewhere that he ad-libbed the lyrics to this song. He didn't have a full song before recorded it so if you don't get some of it then your guess is as good as any to be honest lol.