"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.
I want to be a fucking prize winning drag queen
With the platform boots and the tombstone looks
I want the whole world to hate me
With the bolts on my neck and the gun in my dress
[pre-chorus]
Tonight I'm the prettiest zombie alive
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
And I don't care what it takes I'm gonna win the prize
[chorus]
I'm gonna kill Miss America
Kill Miss America
Kill Miss America
Kill Miss America, yeah, yeah, yeah
I want you to spit when you see me
And if you don't I'm gonna spit on you
I love it when they hate me
And when I win I'm gonna rub it in
(pre-chorus, chorus)
I got murder on my mind
Ten seconds til death tonight
Mama's little baby's gonna die, die, die
I'll cut her throat and take what's mind
[chorus]
With the platform boots and the tombstone looks
I want the whole world to hate me
With the bolts on my neck and the gun in my dress
[pre-chorus]
Tonight I'm the prettiest zombie alive
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
And I don't care what it takes I'm gonna win the prize
[chorus]
I'm gonna kill Miss America
Kill Miss America
Kill Miss America
Kill Miss America, yeah, yeah, yeah
I want you to spit when you see me
And if you don't I'm gonna spit on you
I love it when they hate me
And when I win I'm gonna rub it in
(pre-chorus, chorus)
I got murder on my mind
Ten seconds til death tonight
Mama's little baby's gonna die, die, die
I'll cut her throat and take what's mind
[chorus]
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
I wanna be a fucking prize-winning drag queen With the platform boots and the tombstone looks I want the whole world to hate me With the bolts in my neck and the gun in my dress
(Pre-chorus) Tonight I'm the prettiest zombie alive I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive And I don't care what it takes I'm gonna win the prize
(Chorus) I'm gonna kill Miss America Kill Miss America Kill Miss America Kill Miss America, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Lead: Joey)
I want you to spit when you see me And if you don't I'm gonna spit on you I love it when they hate me And when I win I'm gonna rub it in
(Pre-chorus/chorus) (Lead: Acey)
I got murder on my mind Ten seconds 'til death tonight Mama's little baby's gonna die, die, die I'll cut her throat and take what's mine
(Chorus)
Drool This song's addictive in its madness, and fun its in catchiness =oP
this song is not just about fulfilling your dream of killing the most "beautiful" girl ever but it's also about being jealous of her as well. xXx KITTEE xXx
I love this song!! It's just freaking insane!!
wonderfull song ! i'm gonna kill miss america !
thanks, dieyoupig for re-posting that in a way that is easier to read.
The person who originally submitted these lyrics is a fucking retard and should not submit any more shit until they learn to type properly.
i love this fucking song one of the best murderdolls songs def!
dieyoupig you fukked up this song to ya know. well not really the song but labeling and shit. tripp, wednesday, and joey did all the leads on this album dipshit. Acey Slade was the VERY LAST member to join the band and he, Eric, and Ben weren't on this album at all. Joey and wed did the music, and tripp just played some solos, played a couple dates, and raped a couple girls. you're welcome.