"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.
don't try to hide
the mistakes i made this time
but please try and listen
cus i'm breaking my heart tonight
so you can see whats inside
cus wherever you go, well that's where i'll go
i'd do so much i'll show but you won't know
so heres a song to show for the things ive blown
but im sorry so... thats the only way that i know
and all ive learned is
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
something is about to change
i can feel it in my heart today
and you know its not the first time
but i bet it won't be the same
cus right now im at an all time low
so heres a song just so you won't go
cus that the only thing that i know
and i will start with a verse
then a bridge, write a chorus
so we all can sing along
with everythign we got
but between you and me this song would be
written for us but i know thats not enough
to say im sorry
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
and you will know what you will be
and yeah, you will know what you mean to me
yeah you will know that truthfully
i am sorry.
the mistakes i made this time
but please try and listen
cus i'm breaking my heart tonight
so you can see whats inside
cus wherever you go, well that's where i'll go
i'd do so much i'll show but you won't know
so heres a song to show for the things ive blown
but im sorry so... thats the only way that i know
and all ive learned is
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
something is about to change
i can feel it in my heart today
and you know its not the first time
but i bet it won't be the same
cus right now im at an all time low
so heres a song just so you won't go
cus that the only thing that i know
and i will start with a verse
then a bridge, write a chorus
so we all can sing along
with everythign we got
but between you and me this song would be
written for us but i know thats not enough
to say im sorry
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
and you will know what you will be
and yeah, you will know what you mean to me
yeah you will know that truthfully
i am sorry.
Lyrics submitted by vindicated
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Guilty Pleasure >.<
this entire band is a guilty pleasure yay i know like every word to all the songs
isn't this one of the best ways for a guy to apologize to his girlfriend?
Yes, it is. It's a great way to aplogoze to anybody actually. It's a great song and it deals with life so perfectly!
This is such a great song. It's so true that everything that causes disruption in the world is caused by people as a whole. Fights between people are caused by people. Decisions people make cause all the problems in the world. Ah it's beautiful...
This is my favorite song by the rocket summer. bryce avery effing dominates. the lyrics in this one ring so true to life. the way he writes really shows he understands it. the piano in this song is so cool, and his voice is so unique. i love it.
I love his voice so much.
this is an awesome song! and its so true!
i love the part when the girls choir sings. "What we hate, we make". Its a quote to live by.
Its very clever of Bryce to include a choir. Its so beautiful. Lyrics are genious.
i agree with ktgislovely.
the choir is fabulous, it really makes the song stand out.
ohhh this song makes me cry. sigh it seems like the whole *what we hate, we make thing" means is that essentialy all hate that you have is created by your own mind and you can stop hating by just letting yourself...if that makes and sense... =D