"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.
As I write this I'm on camera
an extra in some background,
resembling the type which I do not
the scene is a commercial
the product has no function
don't bother telling the crew
cause who has time when we're losing light?
if I conjured this as a fiction
I'd be scared I’d gone to far
but tonight I am not working on my human interactions anymore
the cameraman is balding
and the temperature is scalding
because the lights that light the night are too bright
see the pall beside the actor?
I’m the one behind it,
the talent is engaged
if I contemplated the message, I would have never signed the form
but tonight I am not working on my human interactions anymore
if I thought that you could see me, I’d be too anxious to perform
but tonight I am not working on my human interactions anymore
ba ba da da da da da daaa oooooh ba ba ba ba da da da da da (repeat)
pray to the God that you don't quite believe in to bless this fleeting moment yea, yea, YEA!!!!
ba ba da da da oooh ba ba ba da da da
(repeat)
an extra in some background,
resembling the type which I do not
the scene is a commercial
the product has no function
don't bother telling the crew
cause who has time when we're losing light?
if I conjured this as a fiction
I'd be scared I’d gone to far
but tonight I am not working on my human interactions anymore
the cameraman is balding
and the temperature is scalding
because the lights that light the night are too bright
see the pall beside the actor?
I’m the one behind it,
the talent is engaged
if I contemplated the message, I would have never signed the form
but tonight I am not working on my human interactions anymore
if I thought that you could see me, I’d be too anxious to perform
but tonight I am not working on my human interactions anymore
ba ba da da da da da daaa oooooh ba ba ba ba da da da da da (repeat)
pray to the God that you don't quite believe in to bless this fleeting moment yea, yea, YEA!!!!
ba ba da da da oooh ba ba ba da da da
(repeat)
Lyrics submitted by little_miss_october
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where did this song come from? what cd?
This song comes from their rare unreleased CD. The CD is not easy to come by - neither are the songs easy to find on the internet. I believe this song deals with the concept of being an extra in show business - a topic I enjoy researching immensely. No one could care less about you, yet you are vital to the scene.
Actually the songs are fairly easy to find on the web. Google "Hardly Dangerous", many of them are available on a fan site of that name.
Oh also: I love this song. SO much.