"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.
So take the boy to the back, cover up his ears
We've got some dirty little secrets we don't want him to hear
In this business you don't question someone's wealth
We'll chain him to the bed so he won't run away
Then we'll take the piggy bank and cash it in on our way
So just chase your dreams and never let them go (down here)
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
But you can kick it in the back, make it all go away
Take some pills for the pain and throw your voice away
Someone else is paid to write the hits.
So you can talk until you're rich, until your cheek bones hurt.
And then a little baby talk to make sure you still work
It's all about the pointless perks that we all pay for to pay for ourselves.
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
We've got some dirty little secrets we don't want him to hear
In this business you don't question someone's wealth
We'll chain him to the bed so he won't run away
Then we'll take the piggy bank and cash it in on our way
So just chase your dreams and never let them go (down here)
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
But you can kick it in the back, make it all go away
Take some pills for the pain and throw your voice away
Someone else is paid to write the hits.
So you can talk until you're rich, until your cheek bones hurt.
And then a little baby talk to make sure you still work
It's all about the pointless perks that we all pay for to pay for ourselves.
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
Decorations, decorations
Lyrics submitted by wiltedhopesx
Decoration Lyrics as written by Arthur Carl Enders
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I think it's about a boy caught up in a materialistic world.
So take the boy to the back cover up his ears We got some dirty little secrets we don't want him to hear And in business you don't question someones wealth Well chain him to the bed so he won't run away We'll take his piggy bank and cash it in on our way Just chase your dreams and never let them go
The dirty little secrets are the things the corporate world is hiding from the boy. Taking the piggy bank means they're stealing his money on their way to success in the world. The dreams are the dreams of the money-makers to own the world and it's novelties.
I think decoration is what covers up the dark side of this greed and money. You put a bow on it and sell it for a hundred bucks more suddenly, you've got yourself a real prize.
But you can kick it in the back and think it will all go away Take some pills for the pain and throw your voice away Someone else is made to write the bills So you've been talking to the richons and your cheek bones hurt And then a little baby talk to make sure you still care Its all around the pointless bets that we all make to pay for ourselves [?]
Maybe bad credit? You're in debt so much now that you've got your baby and your family to think about so you're taking your money and gambling it away to find an easy solution.
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i think you pretty much got it although im not sure about the line <br /> <br /> And then a little baby talk to make sure you still care <br /> <br /> i think thats about how companies always do little sounds like oh this is for children or we do this little program on the side to help the poor. its like a safety buffer to whatever wrongs they are doing. not to say that programs like the ronald mccdonald house is bad but it doesn't change the fact that thy exploit entire communities and destroy nature.