"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.
I heart metal
I heart wine
More so when they’re combined
The wood that scares me
Saved my life
Lesson learned after twice
The trees are blinking bright
I shake in the rhythmic light
Never felt anything like
The cold of these empty spaces
Fog from bottles
End of light
Don’t start making gears grind
The back road findings
Could change my mind
Busy bees don’t really fly
If I could just slow down
And scribble on missing pages
Who would I write it for
And who would write it for me
For me
For me now
Some people wait just for a little bit
Why can’t I wait just for a little bit?
The trees are blinking bright
I shake in the rhythmic light
Never felt anything like
The cold of these empty spaces
If I could just slow down
And scribble on missing pages
Who would I write it for
And who would write it for me
For me
For me now
Some people wait just for a little bit
Why can’t I wait for a little bit?
Some people wait just for a little bit
Some people wait just for a little bit
Some people wait just for a little bit
Why can’t I wait for a little bit?
I heart wine
More so when they’re combined
The wood that scares me
Saved my life
Lesson learned after twice
The trees are blinking bright
I shake in the rhythmic light
Never felt anything like
The cold of these empty spaces
Fog from bottles
End of light
Don’t start making gears grind
The back road findings
Could change my mind
Busy bees don’t really fly
If I could just slow down
And scribble on missing pages
Who would I write it for
And who would write it for me
For me
For me now
Some people wait just for a little bit
Why can’t I wait just for a little bit?
The trees are blinking bright
I shake in the rhythmic light
Never felt anything like
The cold of these empty spaces
If I could just slow down
And scribble on missing pages
Who would I write it for
And who would write it for me
For me
For me now
Some people wait just for a little bit
Why can’t I wait for a little bit?
Some people wait just for a little bit
Some people wait just for a little bit
Some people wait just for a little bit
Why can’t I wait for a little bit?
Lyrics submitted by palefacebrett
Busy Bees Lyrics as written by Christopher Andrew Guanlao Brian Nolan Kalei Aubert
Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
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"A bunch of people with clean automobile records got into car wrecks. In a two week span there was three car wrecks. Two were me. I was driving back to Silver Lake, where we live, which is about 40 minutes from the Canyon. There was this truck on the freeway and its straps broke loose and these wooden pallets fell off. I didn’t get hit that bad; other people in front of me got hit pretty bad. That was scary. Then about two weeks later, I was driving alone in the Canyon and there was rain and leaves and brush all over the road. I slipped and hit a tree at night. I was pretty shaken at that point. Then somebody who worked with us on the album flipped over driving home. There is a song on the record called “Busy Bees” that explains all those moments. All that transferred into intensity in the studio." (Source:fuse.tv/2012/04/fuse-friday-q-a-silversun-pickups-brian-aubert)
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If I could just slow down And scribble on missing pages Who would I write it for And who would write it for me For me For me now
To me this part describes what went through his mind during one of those accidents. He wished for some time to at least write a note, probably to leave a message if the accident should turn out to be fatal. And he can't quite make up his mind who to write to and is wondering if someone would write to him in such a situation. Basically he is asking himself who is most important to him and if there is someone to whom he is the most important person.
Some people wait just for a little bit Why can’t I wait just for a little bit?
That part is probably expressing his regrets: Why did I drive so fast / why have I been in such a rush? Maybe he is also taking a jab at his temper in this regard. A similar message can be found in this part:
The back road findings Could change my mind Busy bees don’t really fly
If you are too busy, rushed and in a hurry, you won't come very far or reach your destination. You won't be able to "fly" under these circumstances. That is what he learned from the crashes.