"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.
There's an angel by your hospital bed
Desperate to hear his name on your breath
As he looks down you're not making a sound
Open your eyes look at me
I'll bring to you whatever you need
And I'll tell you I'm sorry
That I can't take this pain away from you
And I'd put it on my own body if I knew how to
Can't you see?
I've gotta bust you outta here somehow
I've never seen your heart this tired
I've never seen your spirit held down
I know that you say
This is what you get
For being a bad child
But I know this will be your reward
In just a little while
In just a little while
Its testing the strong ones
Scarring the beautiful ones
It's holding the loved ones
One last time
Its testing the strong ones
(testing the strong ones)
Its scarring the beautiful ones
(staring the beautiful ones)
Its holding the loved ones
One last time
Its testing the strong ones
(testing the strong ones)
Its scarring the beautiful ones
(scarring the beautiful ones)
Its holding the loved ones
One last time
Testing the strong ones
(testing the strong ones)
Scarring the beautiful ones
(scarring the beautiful ones)
Its holding the loved ones
One last time
Desperate to hear his name on your breath
As he looks down you're not making a sound
Open your eyes look at me
I'll bring to you whatever you need
And I'll tell you I'm sorry
That I can't take this pain away from you
And I'd put it on my own body if I knew how to
Can't you see?
I've gotta bust you outta here somehow
I've never seen your heart this tired
I've never seen your spirit held down
I know that you say
This is what you get
For being a bad child
But I know this will be your reward
In just a little while
In just a little while
Its testing the strong ones
Scarring the beautiful ones
It's holding the loved ones
One last time
Its testing the strong ones
(testing the strong ones)
Its scarring the beautiful ones
(staring the beautiful ones)
Its holding the loved ones
One last time
Its testing the strong ones
(testing the strong ones)
Its scarring the beautiful ones
(scarring the beautiful ones)
Its holding the loved ones
One last time
Testing the strong ones
(testing the strong ones)
Scarring the beautiful ones
(scarring the beautiful ones)
Its holding the loved ones
One last time
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28
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"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
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no, this song is about his cat, who got run over by a semi last year, and his grandmother, who drowned in a puddle, and his girlfriend, who slit her wrists with a butter knife.
honestly, i don't think it matters to find out why the artist wrote the song...i think it's more important to find out what the song itself is about. this song has always meant (at least to me) that you need to realize that God tests you...and when you make it through, you realize that you have the best reward ever: heaven. :)
Open your eyes look at me I'll bring to you whatever you need And I'll tell you I'm sorry That I can't take this pain away from you And I'd put it on my own body if I knew how to Can't you see?
i :heart: copeland
copeland... they're amazing. Great voice, great music, totally awesome.
this song is just totally beautiful (like all thier tunes) you can find a remix of it on mp3.com, its slow and dreamy
Actually, The entire album was written about Aarons girlfriend who was in a car crash. Im not sure if she was killed but I do know that she was in a coma for a long time. Thats why a lot of the songs are about being in Hospitals and Angels.
Actually, The entire album was written about Aarons girlfriend who was in a car crash. Im not sure if she was killed but I do know that she was in a coma for a long time. Thats why a lot of the songs are about being in Hospitals and Angels.
Actually, The entire album was written about Aarons girlfriend who was in a car crash. Im not sure if she was killed but I do know that she was in a coma for a long time. Thats why a lot of the songs are about being in Hospitals and Angels.
and possibly their spirituality.
actually, the ENTIRE album was NOT written about aaron's girlfriend, who was also NOT in a car crash. she has lupus, but is still very much alive.
He talked about his loss and relationships in 2005 when I saw them once. Anyway though, regardless of what the song meant to HIM, it can take on varying meanings. It is a form of art, and does not have one true meaning. Personally, I have always viewed this song from a self-help perspective. I was in the hospital for 6 months back in 2004 and it kept me alive...literally. I felt that I was being tested every day, and had ongoing battles in my mind of what my life wanted to be. I wanted to be able to hold my loved ones and vice versa. I felt so much regret for so much, but you just have to remember that life is what you make it. Nothing, NOTHING is set in stone. You hold the key to your future and to your past. <br /> <br /> Moral of the story: This meant different things to me than it did to him, and different things to you all as well. Just sharing. :) Always keep an open mind. <br /> <br /> My 2 cents for the day.
haha in any case copeland is so wonderful