"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.
Right now, we're going to perform the Canadian national anthem and I swear to god I'm gonna screw the words up.
Never made it as a wise man
Couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feelin
And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
We're not waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For giving you a heart worth breakin'
And I've been wrong, I've been down
To the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Couldn't cut it as a wisme man
I said I hate you and I swear I still do
It must have been so bad
Cause livin' with me must have damn near killed you
It's not like you to say sorry
We're not waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For giving you a heart worth breakin'
And I've been wrong, I've been down
To the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?
Never made is as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feelin
And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
We're not waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For giving you a heart worth breakin'!!!!!
And I've been wrong, I've been down
To the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
"Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
"Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?,
Alright!
Never made it as a wise man
Couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feelin
And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
We're not waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For giving you a heart worth breakin'
And I've been wrong, I've been down
To the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Couldn't cut it as a wisme man
I said I hate you and I swear I still do
It must have been so bad
Cause livin' with me must have damn near killed you
It's not like you to say sorry
We're not waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For giving you a heart worth breakin'
And I've been wrong, I've been down
To the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?
Never made is as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feelin
And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
We're not waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For giving you a heart worth breakin'!!!!!
And I've been wrong, I've been down
To the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
"Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no
"Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, Yet?,
Alright!
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they did a great punk cover of this song. the original is the best, but this is really good for a punk version
I actually like this version more than I like the original.. I loved the original and everything, got the CD.. then heard them sing this on MTV and I've liked this one the best every since!
it means were drunk and dont give a fuck so we'll sing whatever the hell we want
i havent heard this-is it gud?
yea, i never liked da nickelback version dat much, but sum 41 made it so much better.
they actually covered a fucking nickleback song? This can only mean that nickleback>sum 41 and that is pretty sad. Behold: This is what happens when a shit band covers a shit song by another shit band.
How does making a cover of a band make you worse than them? That makes no sense. Some crap ass bands can write wondeful songs (one hit wonders are an example of this, such as this song) but some songs arn't played alot anymore, but were big hits, or they wern't noticed at all in their time, and a popular artist has to bring it out, some songs need to be covered to be good. (Tainted love, soft cell cover)
Did Sum 41 REALLY REALLY do this?!?! : O that sorta is weird...... I can't really imagine deryck singing this........
I heard this song, it must have been a joke,
i like nicklebakcs version better it had more depth and meaning, they werent just singing it , they had a reason. Sum 41s version is lets just sign this song and get it over with. there was nothing wrong with nicklebacks verion and bands shouls write their own songs unless thy redo a really really old song which needs to be brought back to life but this song was already good and has way more like then when sum sings it. Dont get me wrong i love Sum but still i think nickleback deserves the props on this song. Sum kinda ruined it