"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.
I'm nothing, I'm nothing
Got here and now I'm gone
So many days fly by
You haunt me every time I shut my eyes
Choke softly from the poetry
It doesn't sound as true
When you still wear her scent
I never thought you would've
Thrown something back
Ripping apart my heart
I see you only at night
Won't look back
Wretched night
I pray for peace of mind
I beg for a brand new life
I plead for a second chance
And the ability to shut my eyes at night
I pray for peace of mind
I beg for a brand new life
I plead for a second chance
And the ability to shut my eyes at night
Angels die and memories fade
I'll live to see
The day that you break
I never thought you would've
Thrown something back
Ripping apart my heart
I see you only at night
My heart fades
My heart fades
A true friend stabs you in the front
A true friend stabs you in the front
A true friend stabs you in the front
A true friend stabs you in the front
Go
I pray for peace of mind
I beg for a brand new life
I pray for a second chance
And the strength
To burn this mother fucker down
Got here and now I'm gone
So many days fly by
You haunt me every time I shut my eyes
Choke softly from the poetry
It doesn't sound as true
When you still wear her scent
I never thought you would've
Thrown something back
Ripping apart my heart
I see you only at night
Won't look back
Wretched night
I pray for peace of mind
I beg for a brand new life
I plead for a second chance
And the ability to shut my eyes at night
I pray for peace of mind
I beg for a brand new life
I plead for a second chance
And the ability to shut my eyes at night
Angels die and memories fade
I'll live to see
The day that you break
I never thought you would've
Thrown something back
Ripping apart my heart
I see you only at night
My heart fades
My heart fades
A true friend stabs you in the front
A true friend stabs you in the front
A true friend stabs you in the front
A true friend stabs you in the front
Go
I pray for peace of mind
I beg for a brand new life
I pray for a second chance
And the strength
To burn this mother fucker down
Lyrics submitted by B12, edited by SmashingDestiny
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omg, this is my favorite song by Pencey Prep, but gay itunes doesnt have it. =[. i have it on my myspace tho. and i CONSTANTLY listen to it. lol. i love how he screams in this. it makes the song feel so powerful. lots of emotion in it. HOORAY FOR PENCEY PREP =]
"true friends stabs you had fun(?)(x2)"
i think it's "a true friend stabs you in the front."
makes sence more that way.
pencey prep is good, i enjoy a lot of their songs.
i'm sorry you don't.
i got it off limewire. the piano's class man...definately their best song.
fucking amazing probably one of the few enjoyable songs by pencey prep.
my lyrics aren't very accurate
finally fixed =p
'Got here Now i'm gone'
is 'not here, not gone'
i think. i'm just guessing.
where in the fuck can i get this song?
ah.. yeah.. i dont have limewire.. and im pretty sure i wont be able to download it. Fuck yea, i LOVE the piano in it. I play a little bit. I wanna learn how to play this song. Hey, if It's not to much trouble, do you think you can send me this song? It would be much appreciated. And if not, thats okay.
hey, nevermind about that. My friend got it for me. She has limewire. hehe. Hopefully I can learn how to play this song.
"So many Days fly by You hold me Guess I'll shut my eyes
So softly Crawl up on the street"
is..
So many days fly by. You haunt me The time I shut my eyes
Choke softly From the poetry.
...and
"A true friend stabs you in the front, FUCK YOU!"
oh, and one more thing.
"....give me strength... TAKE IT TO THE FUCKING TEST!!!"
give me the strength to burn this motherfucker down.