"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.
1, 2, 3, 4
Hey, hey everybody
Look who's on TV, look who just got famous
Don't you know it should have been me
I'm not really bitter, I'm not really mad
I love to see other people get
Everything I ever wanted to have
Well I don't really care, how big they get
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
Why can't I be cool like them?
I used to have a girlfriend
I treated her so bad, she went out
And found another lead singer
Maybe she just likes guys in bands
I give up on everything
All my dreams are dead
Maybe I'll get a shotgun
And try to blow her right out of my head
Well everybody says, "How come you ain't made it yet?"
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
Why can't I get my girl back?
I knew you wouldn't understand
Just what I'm tryin' to do
'Cause you're not fuckin' me
And I'm so glad that I am not fuckin' you
1, 2, 3, 4
I know it's my problem, there's nothing I can do
I don't think there is no reason
I don't think there's no excuse for you
Well I've learned my lesson
I hope you've learned it too
And if they're gonna go and do it to me
Well I guess I'm gonna have to go and do it to you
I don't really care how much you cry
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
Why can't anything go my way?
Hey, hey everybody
Look who's on TV, look who just got famous
Don't you know it should have been me
I'm not really bitter, I'm not really mad
I love to see other people get
Everything I ever wanted to have
Well I don't really care, how big they get
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
Why can't I be cool like them?
I used to have a girlfriend
I treated her so bad, she went out
And found another lead singer
Maybe she just likes guys in bands
I give up on everything
All my dreams are dead
Maybe I'll get a shotgun
And try to blow her right out of my head
Well everybody says, "How come you ain't made it yet?"
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
Why can't I get my girl back?
I knew you wouldn't understand
Just what I'm tryin' to do
'Cause you're not fuckin' me
And I'm so glad that I am not fuckin' you
1, 2, 3, 4
I know it's my problem, there's nothing I can do
I don't think there is no reason
I don't think there's no excuse for you
Well I've learned my lesson
I hope you've learned it too
And if they're gonna go and do it to me
Well I guess I'm gonna have to go and do it to you
I don't really care how much you cry
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
I hate you, fuck you leave me alone
Why can't anything go my way?
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I give up on everything, all my dreams are dead, maybe I'll get a shotgun, and try to blow her right out of my head...
I couldn't have said it better myself.
RBF at their very best. too good
not their best...obviously its about hating the world aqnd all its bad parts. Dono why this song is on monkeys for nothin and chimps for free, because its supposed to be a happy cd...oh well.
Hadn't heard this song before Monkeys came out...have to say I love the oldschool 90s skacore sound.
i think this song means that he had a girlfirend that got famous cuz she dated the lead singer of a band that made it big
Happy song, sad lyrics.
i love this song, funny lyrics in my opinion haha