"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.
It's understood, I said it many ways
Too scared to run, I'm too scared stay
I said I'd leave, I could never leave her
If I did, you know I'd never cheat her
But this I ask, it's what I want to know
How would you feel, if I should choose to go?
Another guy, you think he'd be unlike me
Another guy, you think he'd want to fight me
She's a dove, she's a fucking nightmare
Unpredictable, it was my mistake to stay here
On the go and it's way too late to play
I need a girl that I can train
I heard it once, I'm sure I heard it twice
My dad used to give me all of his advice
He would say you got to turn your back and run now
Come on son, you haven't got a chance now
She's a dove, she's a fucking nightmare
Unpredictable, it was my mistake to stay here
On the go and it's way too late to play
I need a girl that I can train
She's a dove, she's a fucking nightmare
Unpredictable, it was my mistake to stay here
On the go and it's way too late to play
I need a girl that I can train
Need a girl that I can train
Need a girl that I can train
Turn your back and run now
You haven't got a chance now
Need a girl that I can train
Need a girl that I can train
Turn your back and run now
You haven't got a chance now
Too scared to run, I'm too scared stay
I said I'd leave, I could never leave her
If I did, you know I'd never cheat her
But this I ask, it's what I want to know
How would you feel, if I should choose to go?
Another guy, you think he'd be unlike me
Another guy, you think he'd want to fight me
She's a dove, she's a fucking nightmare
Unpredictable, it was my mistake to stay here
On the go and it's way too late to play
I need a girl that I can train
I heard it once, I'm sure I heard it twice
My dad used to give me all of his advice
He would say you got to turn your back and run now
Come on son, you haven't got a chance now
She's a dove, she's a fucking nightmare
Unpredictable, it was my mistake to stay here
On the go and it's way too late to play
I need a girl that I can train
She's a dove, she's a fucking nightmare
Unpredictable, it was my mistake to stay here
On the go and it's way too late to play
I need a girl that I can train
Need a girl that I can train
Need a girl that I can train
Turn your back and run now
You haven't got a chance now
Need a girl that I can train
Need a girl that I can train
Turn your back and run now
You haven't got a chance now
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Dumpweed Lyrics as written by Thomas Delonge Mark Hoppus
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Ahaha.. to anyone who says this song is sexist: You're a giant fucking tool. No one would be saying a thing if a female musician wrote the line "I need a guy that I can train." This is coming from a female. Live a little.
@EndMyDaysWithYou this is pretty woke for 2009 ngl
This song is about how it would be great if girls could be trained, like dogs can be. It is also about a guy who is in a relationship that goes up and down. One minute the girl is cool and then next she is crazy. The guy should have gotten out of the relationship a long time ago, but its almost too late.
i kinda hate this song.. it sounds ok, but the lyrics are terrible... pah "girl that i can train", how immature...
Guys, take it easy. There's no real interpretation here, this is a band that got famous by writing songs about dicks and having sex with dogs. Yes, the line 'I need a girl that I can train' is sexist out of context, but it's Blink-182. It's a fucking joke, part of a fun song that's made by perhaps not the most talented band ever, but a fun one to listen to. A little perspective, please.
yea tom said the thing bout the dog.....
but i think its mainly bout wantin out of a relationship that hes gotten too deep in
I agree wih both of you.
what a load of shit. I love blink, and no I don't have the thoughts of a 6 year old. I do pretty well in school, I'm in the up in the top for 3 of my classes. If you don't like blink, go away. You're the one with the thoughts of a 6 year old
wel said regan 89. insomniacx86x DOES have the thought of a 6 yr old because he/she is the 1 who came onto a website, went onto the section about a band he/she doesnt even like and then started slagging them off so NO fuck YOU, YOU SAD PATHETIC BASTARD!
This is a really good song. Reminds me of my ex girlfriend! hahaha! Thanks
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I love this song... it just has that perfect pop-punk sound that Blink is all about. Just one of those songs that puts you in a good mood.