"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.
Yo
You Won The Lottery
The First Prize Death
And When We Came Though
Make Sure Quiet Is Kept
Hit The Deck Only You
Where The Fuck Is The Rest?
I Got A High Caliber Output
Put A Hole In Your Chest
You Sort A Get Stressed
Leave You In A State Of Arrest
Sound System That I'm Rippin'
Is My Way To Protest
'Cause The Last One Alive
To Keep My Eye On The Quest
Keep My P.M.A. Together
And From Jah
I Stay Blessed
Biddy Bye Bye
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
This Is A Live Death Threat
A La De De Da De De Da De Da
We The I.N.S. Terrorists
Anarchist Tribe High
We Gonna Eat You Alive
Because You're Caught In The Sipher
In Full Overdrive
Rock The Microphone
Yeah Like It Was A Religion
Crew Is Locked And Loaded
Calibrated With Percision
Send Out The Drunk Munk
With All The Ammunition
Followed By The Stoner Punk
To Kill The Competition
Huh
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
This Is A Live Death Threat
Go!
This Is A Death Threat
Coming Through Your Headset
This Is War
So Bring It On
Bring It On
Bring It On
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
Yo
'Cause If It's All For love
For Real For Real
No Caps Get Peeled
You Recognize That
You Trapped In A Raw Deal
It's All For Real
My Crew Broke The Seal
I Feel How I Feel
'Cause When Nice I Like To Get Ill
No Guts Spill At Last No One Stands Still
Pack A MicNot A Nickleplate
And No Steal
It's Got To Be
Ought To Be
Sort Of Naughty
Wanna Be
Probably What They Thought Of Me
And Shot At Me
Not Naughtily
What?
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
This Is A Live Death Threat
Go!
This Is A Death Threat
Coming Through Your Headset
This Is War
So Bring It On
Bring It On
Bring It On
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
You Won The Lottery
The First Prize Death
And When We Came Though
Make Sure Quiet Is Kept
Hit The Deck Only You
Where The Fuck Is The Rest?
I Got A High Caliber Output
Put A Hole In Your Chest
You Sort A Get Stressed
Leave You In A State Of Arrest
Sound System That I'm Rippin'
Is My Way To Protest
'Cause The Last One Alive
To Keep My Eye On The Quest
Keep My P.M.A. Together
And From Jah
I Stay Blessed
Biddy Bye Bye
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
This Is A Live Death Threat
A La De De Da De De Da De Da
We The I.N.S. Terrorists
Anarchist Tribe High
We Gonna Eat You Alive
Because You're Caught In The Sipher
In Full Overdrive
Rock The Microphone
Yeah Like It Was A Religion
Crew Is Locked And Loaded
Calibrated With Percision
Send Out The Drunk Munk
With All The Ammunition
Followed By The Stoner Punk
To Kill The Competition
Huh
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
This Is A Live Death Threat
Go!
This Is A Death Threat
Coming Through Your Headset
This Is War
So Bring It On
Bring It On
Bring It On
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
Yo
'Cause If It's All For love
For Real For Real
No Caps Get Peeled
You Recognize That
You Trapped In A Raw Deal
It's All For Real
My Crew Broke The Seal
I Feel How I Feel
'Cause When Nice I Like To Get Ill
No Guts Spill At Last No One Stands Still
Pack A MicNot A Nickleplate
And No Steal
It's Got To Be
Ought To Be
Sort Of Naughty
Wanna Be
Probably What They Thought Of Me
And Shot At Me
Not Naughtily
What?
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
Better Grab The Microphone
And Take Over The Frequency
This Is A Live Death Threat
Go!
This Is A Death Threat
Coming Through Your Headset
This Is War
So Bring It On
Bring It On
Bring It On
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
Death Threat
Coming From A Stranger Danger
Say What You Want
Do What You Will
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
Death Threat Lyrics as written by Jan Kincaid Simon Bartholomew
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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"'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."
Amazing song!