"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 saw you looking for a light,
face painted ciggarette white.
you asked the cleanest boy you found,
you couldnt see me turned around.
his fingers stretched across your empty gaze,
that i just can't escape.
(chours)
as the red fades from your wrinkled dress,
a picture of the people you've impressed.
hangs on a wall around here,
visions starts to crawl when I'm near
and the evening waits,
while you get caught up to your own mistakes.
made up of different lines,
I wouldn't want to keep in my mind.
i wondered why you'd come around,
remembering your little girl frown.
your answers kept the crowd at bay,
with complements unwilling to pay.
i had some things id like to say to you,
but they just can't be true.
(chours)*2
face painted ciggarette white.
you asked the cleanest boy you found,
you couldnt see me turned around.
his fingers stretched across your empty gaze,
that i just can't escape.
(chours)
as the red fades from your wrinkled dress,
a picture of the people you've impressed.
hangs on a wall around here,
visions starts to crawl when I'm near
and the evening waits,
while you get caught up to your own mistakes.
made up of different lines,
I wouldn't want to keep in my mind.
i wondered why you'd come around,
remembering your little girl frown.
your answers kept the crowd at bay,
with complements unwilling to pay.
i had some things id like to say to you,
but they just can't be true.
(chours)*2
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so pretty..rather deep..I dunno...I understand not why there are no comments....an awesome song
why aren't people commenting on this song? in my opinion it's one of TC's best. the first time i heard it i thought it was about a hooker and i still think that, but no one else seems to agree with me.
it is treble chargers best song by far this singer is better then the other
No one seems to be commenting on this band at all yet their so amazing, I love them!
This song is indeed about a prostitute and how ugly it is to be one.
And to go more in depth... it's actually about Bill's old encounter with an old friend who had become a prostitue. He would visit the same location every day to see if she was still there and of course she was. He hid himself though, until one day (read verse). The hooker was never there anymore after Bill had talked with her.
I read this in a magazine.
Also, anyone know where I can get the music video for this? I want to see it again... all I can remember is that they were in a forest or something playing the song.
There are 2 Version Music videos for their song RED<br /> <br /> Version 1: 1994<br /> youtube.com/watch<br /> <br /> Version 2: 1997<br /> youtube.com/watch<br /> <br /> <br /> In my conclusion, Bill Priddle and Greig Nori have different singing and songwriting styles. Bill is more on slow sentimental indie rock just like DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE or COLDPLAY coz Bill reminds me of BEN GIBBARD of Deth Cab while Greig's style is more PUNK POP just like SUM 41 and GOB, Greig's voice reminds me of Deryck Whibley of Sum 41
I always thought this song was about a guy at a party...and seeing a really radiant girl across the room that was the biggest thing at the party, and then wanting to go up and talk to her. the chorus could be about all the people she's dressed up to impress over the time, but i dont know much.
saw them live and this was the best song they did.
i agree with bob dylan, i always thought the song was about a girl in bar, i guess that means more to me than a soing about a prostitute but is all good, i love this song and the sadness and melancholy of his voice