"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.
Why don't you listen when I try to talk to you?
Stop thinking of yourself for just a second, fool
Shut up, shut up, I don't wanna hear your mouth
Your mother made a monster, now get the hell out of my house
Can't stand it for another day (I ain't gonna live my life this way)
Cold sweat, my fists are clenching (stomp, stomp, stomp)
The idiot convention
Which one of these words don't you understand?
Oh, caught in a mosh
Talking to you is like clapping with one hand
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
Don't tell me how to do my job
There's the door, your name's on the knob
You're always in the way like a beast on my back
Were you dropped as a baby? 'Cause brains you lack
Can't stand it for another day (I ain't gonna live my life this way)
Cold sweat, my fists are clenching (stomp, stomp, stomp)
The idiot convention
Which one of these words don't you understand?
Oh, caught in a mosh
Talking to you is like clapping with one hand
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
Think before you speak or suffer for your words
Learn to give respect that others give to you
Oh, the best you can do
Hey man, I'm trying to reason but you don't understand
Talking in circles, we'll never get it straight
Just you and me in our theater of hate
Can't stand it for another day (I ain't gonna live my life this way)
Cold sweat, my fists are clenching (stomp, stomp, stomp)
The idiot convention
Which one of these words don't you understand?
Oh, caught in a mosh
Talking to you is like clapping with one hand
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
Stop thinking of yourself for just a second, fool
Shut up, shut up, I don't wanna hear your mouth
Your mother made a monster, now get the hell out of my house
Can't stand it for another day (I ain't gonna live my life this way)
Cold sweat, my fists are clenching (stomp, stomp, stomp)
The idiot convention
Which one of these words don't you understand?
Oh, caught in a mosh
Talking to you is like clapping with one hand
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
Don't tell me how to do my job
There's the door, your name's on the knob
You're always in the way like a beast on my back
Were you dropped as a baby? 'Cause brains you lack
Can't stand it for another day (I ain't gonna live my life this way)
Cold sweat, my fists are clenching (stomp, stomp, stomp)
The idiot convention
Which one of these words don't you understand?
Oh, caught in a mosh
Talking to you is like clapping with one hand
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
Think before you speak or suffer for your words
Learn to give respect that others give to you
Oh, the best you can do
Hey man, I'm trying to reason but you don't understand
Talking in circles, we'll never get it straight
Just you and me in our theater of hate
Can't stand it for another day (I ain't gonna live my life this way)
Cold sweat, my fists are clenching (stomp, stomp, stomp)
The idiot convention
Which one of these words don't you understand?
Oh, caught in a mosh
Talking to you is like clapping with one hand
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
What is it? Caught in a mosh
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Caught In A Mosh Lyrics as written by Daniel Alan Spitz Charlie L. Benante
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This song is about stupid people, and relating dealing with stupid people and assholes to being "caught in a mosh" where everything is confusion, elbows and stomping boots... the song isn't literally about being in a mosh, or moshing at all.
And to jp410, the Anger Burns thing is a different song entirely... Joey actually does sing "ooooooohhhh the best that you can do!" but it's high pitched and fast, so if you're not listening for it, you won't hear it. It's not unintelligible though. Well, not garbled nonsense anyway.
Makes so much sense.
"You're always in the way, like a beast on my back Were you dropped as a baby, cause brains you lack" - Win.
But yeah, it's about being stuck in an argument with an idiot. Like when you're in a mosh pit, you don't get anywhere, you keep being stuck in the same place.
I always attributed these lyrics to one of the mainstays of thrash metal: Disrespecting authority. Specifically, parents. I get so pissed off at my dad when I listen to this.
+1. The lyrics seem to circle around an argument between a rebellious son and his parents.
no comments on this song yet? damn.
this song is awesome. i don't know what else to say. one of my favorite anthrax songs.
Awesome song, reminds me of my ex girlfiend!!!
@IICATSII Haha! XD
Awesome song. Nuff said.
WTF does it keep putting slashes in what i write?
I love the bass line in this song. I have probibly been to 100 concerts in my life, and hearing this song live is still the highlight moment. While I think there were better metal bands, few ever wrote a better song.
True, but some wrote songs without resorting to repeating the words "caught in a mosh!" as a chorus.
I like it makes me feel like getting in a mosh pit... uh huh