"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.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of hate
Imagine beating on your face
Trying to forget my feelings of hate
Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it
I wish I'd never met you
You'll make me sick again
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, hate on my mind
Feelings, feelings like I never liked you
Feelings like I want to kill you
Live in my heart
Feelings, feelings like I want to deck you
Feelings like I've gotta get you
Out of my life
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, hate's in my eyes
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, you're not very nice, go
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, hate's on my mind
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, get out of my life
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, get out of my life
Trying to forget my feelings of hate
Imagine beating on your face
Trying to forget my feelings of hate
Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it
I wish I'd never met you
You'll make me sick again
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, hate on my mind
Feelings, feelings like I never liked you
Feelings like I want to kill you
Live in my heart
Feelings, feelings like I want to deck you
Feelings like I've gotta get you
Out of my life
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, hate's in my eyes
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, you're not very nice, go
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, hate's on my mind
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, get out of my life
Feelings, whoa, feelings, whoa
Feelings, get out of my life
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my friend decided this is my "theme song". I don't know what to think of that.
to me, this song means that there is this girl that he really liked/likes...but she doesnt like him...and he hates the fact that hes never gonna have her...and he just wishes he had never met her
i personally thought this song was about his feelings for someone who just dumped him...just me
i thought it was about this guy who hurt him or someone he knew. just me though
it could be any close person, doesn't have to be love related. like family or friends or girlfriend... keep that in mind -Taco
its about those people that you cant even stand to look at. the mere thought of them brings in these feelings...
It's a parody of "Feelings" by Morris Albert (an awful song).
I've heard the original song and it sounds nothing like this. It just shows how good a band is when they can take a song that sucks arse and actually make it sound good (although they changed the words).
to me this is a emo person trying to say he is hard or he is trying not to be a panzy and is like feeling i wanna kill you lol... j/k i don't know what to think of this song it was one of my fav when i first got the cd when i came out... matrix came out the same yr and i made friends with some old friends that yr and i saw his sister undressing in her room.... ever since then i love the boobies lol
Nothing you said makes sense at all.
Irrefutable proof that public schools are failing.