"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.
Are you worth your weight in gold?
'Cause you're behind my eyelids when I'm all alone
Hey stranger, I want ya to catch me like a cold
You and God both got the guns
When you shoot, I think I'd duck
I led the revolution in my bedroom
And I set all the zippers free
We said, "No more war, no more clothes, give me peace
Oh, kiss me"
Hey, hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, I know, that they don't look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don't sound like me
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
Oh I confess, I'd confess in a room where I'm blessed
But he didn't come and speak to me or put my heart at ease
And I believe that half the time, I am a wolf among the sheep
Gnawing at the wool over my eyes
I led the revolution in my bedroom
And I set all the zippers free
We said, "No more war
No more clothes, give me peace
Oh, kiss me"
Hey, hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, I know, that they don't look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don't sound like me
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
Fix me or conflict me
I'll take anything
Fix me or just conflict me
'Cause I'll take anything
Hey, hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, I know, that they don't look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don't sound like me
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
'Cause you're behind my eyelids when I'm all alone
Hey stranger, I want ya to catch me like a cold
You and God both got the guns
When you shoot, I think I'd duck
I led the revolution in my bedroom
And I set all the zippers free
We said, "No more war, no more clothes, give me peace
Oh, kiss me"
Hey, hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, I know, that they don't look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don't sound like me
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
Oh I confess, I'd confess in a room where I'm blessed
But he didn't come and speak to me or put my heart at ease
And I believe that half the time, I am a wolf among the sheep
Gnawing at the wool over my eyes
I led the revolution in my bedroom
And I set all the zippers free
We said, "No more war
No more clothes, give me peace
Oh, kiss me"
Hey, hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, I know, that they don't look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don't sound like me
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
Fix me or conflict me
I'll take anything
Fix me or just conflict me
'Cause I'll take anything
Hey, hey, we are a hurricane
Drop our anchors in a storm
Hey, they will never be the same
A fire in a flask to keep us warm
'Cause they know, I know, that they don't look like me
Oh, they know, I know, that they don't sound like me
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
Lyrics submitted by VivaLaTaylor, edited by YesWeCan, Wanderingpilots
Hurricane Lyrics as written by Brendon Urie Peter Wentz
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid, Sentric Music, Songtrust Ave
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This is definitely about Ryan. He was Brendon's best friend, so of course he loved him (not in a romantic way though), but just saying that he meant a lot to him and they both had to ruin their closeness, so now they are only 'friends'. It's pretty obvious. It's also about The Young Veins as well, what with "They will never be the same/They don't look like me/They don't sound like me".
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