"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.
Was happiness a fad
Or was it in the lost and found again behind the issues?
It might not be so bad
We're all addicted to our tragedy
I guess it's what it had to be
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
Matter of in fact
It's harder still when you're around
With nothing on my back
I can't help but drown
I might as well belong to both of you
And the mess you always seem to drag me through
That night, forever always haunting me
But I guess it is what it's supposed to be
But spare your thoughts of sympathy
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
Matter of in fact
It's harder still when you're around
With nothing on my back
I can't help but drown
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
Matter of in fact
It's harder still when you're around
With nothing on my back
I can't help but drown
Or was it in the lost and found again behind the issues?
It might not be so bad
We're all addicted to our tragedy
I guess it's what it had to be
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
Matter of in fact
It's harder still when you're around
With nothing on my back
I can't help but drown
I might as well belong to both of you
And the mess you always seem to drag me through
That night, forever always haunting me
But I guess it is what it's supposed to be
But spare your thoughts of sympathy
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
Matter of in fact
It's harder still when you're around
With nothing on my back
I can't help but drown
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
With nothing on my back
It's still enough to bring me down
My mind's about to crack
'Cause what I thought could not be found
Matter of in fact
It's harder still when you're around
With nothing on my back
I can't help but drown
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I like this song a lot. It describes junior high or highschool really well. Suddenly nobody is happy, and happiness just really isn't cool anymore. Everyone's addicted to their tradgedies. We've all got memories but that's the way it's supposed to be, dont' feel bad for me. There's nothing wrong. And yet still, I feel dragged down. It's about trying to deny that you feel bad, trying to be tough and knowing you're not and getting mad at yourself for it. You're lost and confused, what you thought could not be found. And everyone who's trying to help is just making it harder. You say it's not a big deal, it's nothing... but it's still enough to make you drown. So obviously it's NOT nothing.
i agree narsil..this is a great song.
its an awesome song. great beat goin' on there.
i think its how theres alway pressure in school no matter how much work there is.. its the feeling of school. it automatically brings everyone down because there are so many negative influences at school
this song is like, the anthem of every teen. Its because alot of times teens feel so bad about things, and they get depressed, but they cant really pinpoint a certain aspect or aspects of their life and say, "this is why i'm sad". because alot of it is the time period and the setting, like socalsum41fan, the pressure in school is huge, and people are changing and trying to fit in so its just a really hard time.
this song is like, the anthem of every teen. Its because alot of times teens feel so bad about things, and they get depressed, but they cant really pinpoint a certain aspect or aspects of their life and say, "this is why i'm sad". because alot of it is the time period and the setting, like socalsum41fan, the pressure in school is huge, and people are changing and trying to fit in so its just a really hard time.
The Lyrics are ok but
Its go the best guitarr..
This song is AWESOME. I agree with everyone here :]