"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.
H to the E to the X to the U to the M
I'm Hexum, I always seem to vex them
Even when I really don't mean to
But I'm a brick house and you're a lean-to
I kick the positivity like a shipwreck on a raft
In a sea of negativity it covers them half
Half of the world, the figure is intact
Which way will you have an impact
Come back to your bro, do what your soul
But when you're in the mode just flow
I stick to the brick of the house of the funk
And the swing and the vibe of the reggae hip-hop
Sing it for the people not the chase it to the steeple
And whatever you do don't stop
I come and drop a clue from me to you
Like Fantasy Island Chad's got one tattoo
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
Check it out I've got clout (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Damn
Miles I'm driving in the mach with mad
Not unlike a box I am
Endore how fox I am
Inferior spinning is my hand
I see a man like me stand
Between mirrors and seem myself go all in lieu of them
Flowing, I didn't know my soul dig
Becomes the body of another one
Constellation, the mirror is such a simple above collection
And the mic down in my eye
Today we're taking out Paris or say
Of the lands heavy spirit of ill descending
Oh my God I made a mess haul
See mercury fall from hands flung
Red, super and deadly as I step into an outer sea
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
Check it out I've got clout (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes (SA: no you don't)
Damn
Here's some advice, it's called A-B-C
This is your world, you can be anything
People look at me and think I know just what I am doin'
But half of the fuckin' time, I do not have a clue and
In any given situation I always say stupid things
Not as bad as P-Nut, but he's cool just the same
Norwegian, Scottish, Irish, and Mexican
And on the drums is the one Chad Sexton
Super phat beats that you just can't fuck with
Doin the type of shit, gonna have a good run
With the stupid motherfuckers and those party going thieves
Livin my life with them, 311 University
I'm Hexum, I always seem to vex them
Even when I really don't mean to
But I'm a brick house and you're a lean-to
I kick the positivity like a shipwreck on a raft
In a sea of negativity it covers them half
Half of the world, the figure is intact
Which way will you have an impact
Come back to your bro, do what your soul
But when you're in the mode just flow
I stick to the brick of the house of the funk
And the swing and the vibe of the reggae hip-hop
Sing it for the people not the chase it to the steeple
And whatever you do don't stop
I come and drop a clue from me to you
Like Fantasy Island Chad's got one tattoo
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
Check it out I've got clout (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Damn
Miles I'm driving in the mach with mad
Not unlike a box I am
Endore how fox I am
Inferior spinning is my hand
I see a man like me stand
Between mirrors and seem myself go all in lieu of them
Flowing, I didn't know my soul dig
Becomes the body of another one
Constellation, the mirror is such a simple above collection
And the mic down in my eye
Today we're taking out Paris or say
Of the lands heavy spirit of ill descending
Oh my God I made a mess haul
See mercury fall from hands flung
Red, super and deadly as I step into an outer sea
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
If you need to understand, Juan Bond is detective man
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
J-U-A-N-B-O-N-D
Check it out I've got clout (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes, I do (SA: no you don't)
Yes (SA: no you don't)
Damn
Here's some advice, it's called A-B-C
This is your world, you can be anything
People look at me and think I know just what I am doin'
But half of the fuckin' time, I do not have a clue and
In any given situation I always say stupid things
Not as bad as P-Nut, but he's cool just the same
Norwegian, Scottish, Irish, and Mexican
And on the drums is the one Chad Sexton
Super phat beats that you just can't fuck with
Doin the type of shit, gonna have a good run
With the stupid motherfuckers and those party going thieves
Livin my life with them, 311 University
Lyrics submitted by pen1234567
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
it seems to me like a parody of james bond..wellkinda...and fuck! i wanna go to 311 university!!!
i wanna go to 311 University too!!! tight ass song. good job guys. nice little rant at the end.
"People kept writing into us and asking 'What the FUCK is Juan Bond?'"
I went to 311 day this year and Nick said that this song is called Juan bond because when they made the instrumental for it "because it had latin beats", somebody said "this is like the spanish version of james bond."
You know Juan Bond was written after Amber right? I had the instrumentals on my i-pod before the 311 day dvd was released (which I have)
and Amber was based off of the song D'yer Maker by Led Zeppelin. That's why it's soft.
Not true Kriff. Juan Bond was in the Grassroots/blue album days. There were no instrumentals released. 311 did include a verse of Amber at the end of their D'yer Mak'er cover, but it wasn't on the original.
was juan bond on an EP or something? It's not in any of the main 8 albums.
No, AustinStylee311, but I sure wish it was. Only an "unclear" version has surfaced online, and it sounds like someone had taken a watery shit on it. 311 does have a clear version of the song from The Blue Album sessions, but they probably won't be releasing it anytime soon. Damn.
yeah see this REAL 311, not that gay-ass new AMBER bullshit. somebody tell those fuckers to take their damn tampons out and start playing some hardcore shit again. aight!