"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.
Nah nah nah
Dirty black clothes
A spider creeping up the wall
Moldy pizza
Sits were I left it on the floor
What that breeze upon my face
How did human make light
You hit me
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
You walked in
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
I slamed the door
And it shut the blends
Dirty sunshine
I feel like shit now
But I don't mind
'Cause its that time again
I'm in my sweat pants
And I'm a mess
Don't want to let you in
'Cause sweetness give me cavities
Your all I don't want to
You hit me
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
You walked in
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
I slammed the door
And it shut the blends
Dirty sunshine
I don't want to run in
Your merry go round
Stop picking me up
When I want to be down
Smash my nails on the floor
And I'm not goin' say
What's that breeze upon my face
How did you made it
You
You walked in and it all shines bright
You walked in
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
You hit me
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
I slammed the door
And it shut the blends
Dirty sunshine
You walked in and it all turns bright
Sunshine
Dirty sunshine
Dirty black clothes
A spider creeping up the wall
Moldy pizza
Sits were I left it on the floor
What that breeze upon my face
How did human make light
You hit me
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
You walked in
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
I slamed the door
And it shut the blends
Dirty sunshine
I feel like shit now
But I don't mind
'Cause its that time again
I'm in my sweat pants
And I'm a mess
Don't want to let you in
'Cause sweetness give me cavities
Your all I don't want to
You hit me
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
You walked in
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
I slammed the door
And it shut the blends
Dirty sunshine
I don't want to run in
Your merry go round
Stop picking me up
When I want to be down
Smash my nails on the floor
And I'm not goin' say
What's that breeze upon my face
How did you made it
You
You walked in and it all shines bright
You walked in
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
You hit me
It all turns to sunshine
Dirty sunshine
I slammed the door
And it shut the blends
Dirty sunshine
You walked in and it all turns bright
Sunshine
Dirty sunshine
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It's about wanting to be unhappy...
it's about being abused by a boyfriend:
"you hit me it all turns to sunshine dirty sunshine"
i think this song is about being unhappy, but being ok with it and used to it, and then this person comes along and makes you feel happy, and just trying to resist that feeling.
It's about being on the rag and having PMS.
i agree with heartbeats. it's about going thru your time of the month and how you don't want to really be around anyone and everything pisses you off. hellll yeah
I think pms def.
PMS is the point
"i feel like shit now but i dont mind cuz its that time again im in my sweat pants and im a mess"
SHE BE ON THE RAG, lawlllllz.
It's about being on your period and PMS ("I feel like shit now/But I don't mind/Cause it's that time again/I'm in my sweat pants/Don't want to let you in").