"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.
'Cause I'm a bad scene
And here's everyone to blame but me
Everyone points
We all have all our selfish points
A broken machine
Used to puke up something good when we fed it
And I'm sure I'll miss
It not so sure I'll ever see you
Five years desensitized
You're my inspiration
Ten thousand silent miles to hell
Four well drinks, I am well
Six months in hiatus
A lifetime too short to save us
Never wanted to be famous
A good day to die off shameless
So fuck longevity when there is no use in searching for a noose
Hanging on to abuse
Sick of hanging around and waiting
'Cause it's bad scene
And there's everyone to blame but me
Everyone points
We all have our selfish points
A broken machine
Used to puke up something good when we fed it
I'm against it
Bad scene
Bad scene
And here's everyone to blame but me
Everyone points
We all have all our selfish points
A broken machine
Used to puke up something good when we fed it
And I'm sure I'll miss
It not so sure I'll ever see you
Five years desensitized
You're my inspiration
Ten thousand silent miles to hell
Four well drinks, I am well
Six months in hiatus
A lifetime too short to save us
Never wanted to be famous
A good day to die off shameless
So fuck longevity when there is no use in searching for a noose
Hanging on to abuse
Sick of hanging around and waiting
'Cause it's bad scene
And there's everyone to blame but me
Everyone points
We all have our selfish points
A broken machine
Used to puke up something good when we fed it
I'm against it
Bad scene
Bad scene
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Bad Scene Lyrics as written by Alvin Lee
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I dont get this song at all
I love this song. I think it's about a long distance relationship and the struggle to move or stay. He's lost his inspiration where he is but is afraid to go to a place he won't like. 'Five years desensitized, you're my inspiration'. -the time in love but apart. 'Ten thousand silent miles to hell'. -the stress and distance of the plane ride moving to a disliked place to be with her. 'Four well drinks and I am well'. -impulsive ideas get better with drinks. 'Six months in hiatus, a lifetime to short to save us'. -realises that he can't stay when his life is elsewhere, but the pain to leave is incredible. He's a bad scene, when he is miserable because of the situations he gets into. He's 'sick of hanging around and waiting'. -trying to fit in in her world, as a broken machine. That's my interpretation, it means a lot to me.
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Idk if you guys ever been in a music 'scene' before but its a toxic environment. I think this speaks on that
Idk if you guys ever been in a music 'scene' before but its a toxic environment. I think this speaks on that
Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault? :P