"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 something eating me from inside out
Guess it doesn’t matter what I say
I cough up blood and words that I regret
So long your attention has gone away These high school words have lost their power
Their meaning bleeds right through this page
I state my case and you impale yourself
On points to you I wish I’d made
Let’s just pretend this never happened and then we’ll be on our way
Even with these scars I can’t remember Why we started anyway
Your blood it stains me like a trophy When I wear it I’m ashamed
Of what I was or what I am or every thing I could have been You want some proof?
Crack open my skull
Safe place where evil thoughts reside These underhanded gestures I make Do they help you sleep at night?
Guess it doesn’t matter what I say
I cough up blood and words that I regret
So long your attention has gone away These high school words have lost their power
Their meaning bleeds right through this page
I state my case and you impale yourself
On points to you I wish I’d made
Let’s just pretend this never happened and then we’ll be on our way
Even with these scars I can’t remember Why we started anyway
Your blood it stains me like a trophy When I wear it I’m ashamed
Of what I was or what I am or every thing I could have been You want some proof?
Crack open my skull
Safe place where evil thoughts reside These underhanded gestures I make Do they help you sleep at night?
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Wow, I just love this song...Schoolyard Heroes rock!!
yes i agree, this song is super. schoolyard heroes are great
they do. !
There’s something eating me from inside out Guess it doesn’t matter what I say I cough up blood and words that I regret So long your attention has gone away These high school words have lost their power Their meaning bleeds right through this page I state my case and you impale yourself On points to you I wish I’d made
(Chorus) Let’s just pretend this never happened and then we’ll be on our way Even with these scars I can’t remember Why we started anyway Your blood it stains me like a trophy When I wear it I’m ashamed Of what I was or what I am or every thing I could have been
You want some proof? Crack open my skull Safe place where evil thoughts reside These underhanded gestures I make Do they help you sleep at night?
(Chorus)
Burn it down (x18)
Isn't it "Let me down", no "Burn it down"?
Looking at the song title and theme, I believe that it is a reference to the mythological character Medea. If you aren't familiar she was basically a woman who was forced to fall in love with the greek hero Jason by Aphrodite and when he rejected her in favor of another woman she went mad and murdered their children, burning the other woman alive.
I think this song is about an abusive relationship and potentially the singer's revenge. My evidence for this comes from A: the song title referencing the dragon's teeth, which were a tool that Medea gave to Jason and B: the final lines saying "burn it down" in the way that Medea burned her rival alive.