"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.
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
Yes, you know it is time
For us to sit down and unwind
I know the feeling
I know the feeling so stay with me tonight
Gonna kick back, relax, make sure the ganja's packed and we'll feel all right
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
I cannot feel the ground
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
My world is spinning round
But I said, I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
So please don't run away when my ganja's all gone
A promise that, that you're gon' gonna stay when my fight is all done
There's only one thing left to do
I've got this one nug, this frosty purple nug and it's big enough for two
But I said, I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
But I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
I cannot feel the ground
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
My world is spinning 'round
But I said, I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
Yes, you know it is time
For us to sit down and unwind
I know the feeling
I know the feeling so stay with me tonight
Gonna kick back, relax, make sure the ganja's packed and we'll feel all right
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
I cannot feel the ground
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
My world is spinning round
But I said, I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
So please don't run away when my ganja's all gone
A promise that, that you're gon' gonna stay when my fight is all done
There's only one thing left to do
I've got this one nug, this frosty purple nug and it's big enough for two
But I said, I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
But I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
I cannot feel the ground
We're flying high now, we're flying high now
My world is spinning 'round
But I said, I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
But I said, oh, I, I packed this bowl for two
And I, I'm gonna wanna smoke it with you
Lyrics submitted by Subliminal012
Bowl for Two Lyrics as written by Colin Harper Adam Scott Patterson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave
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This song has a deeper meaning. i always thought it was just another smoking song, which literally it is. but i was smoking last night. and this song came on in my car, ironically. it's a love song. "I packed this bowl for two And I I’m gonna wanna smoke it with you" "Bowl" refers to life, and "smoke" refers to "living". he is indirectly telling his lover that he wants to live his life with her(smoke a bowl with her). "my world is spinning round" just means that she makes his life spin around. it may not make sense to some people, but last night it did hahahahha
i like this song, i was hoping people commented on it. :/
it means you have a good friendship, you want to kick back share and just have a good time. just you and your friend sitting back and relaxing together.
"so please don't run away when my ganja's all gone. Promise me that you're gonna stay when my flight is all gone". pretty much asking your friends to always stay with you, no matter what happens. will your friends still want you when you don't have anything to give them? trust.
According to a live version, it is also just a song about smoking weed with someone you love.
I just heard this song yesterday, and im already in love...its a great chill song about friendship as people have stated..its a great song..i wish i had a girl to share a bowl with :(
I love this song, though I find the lyrics completely indecipherable... lol
I love this song. I always kinda related it more to a relationship than to friendship though. and like jbirdyq says, it has a deeper meaning...like, we're flyin high now, we cant feel the ground [the high, the amazing part of the relationship] but please dont run away when my ganja’s all gone [he doesnt want her to leave him?] i dunno
I think of it more as a cute song than just smoking song haha
to fuckin smoke a with someone (probably of the other sex) with you. and to reallly fuckin enjoy it.."we're flyin high now/we cannot see the ground" ahhh..what a stoner love song :] i love it :]
Great song to chill to while smokin it up with your friends. Amazing !
this is mine and my best friends song, we always play it when its jus us herbing (:
It's not a song that needs to be completely deciphered or completely taken literally. -I packed this bowl for two, and I am gonna wanna smoke it with you. I packed this bowl would more or less be I made this life, smoke would be live. The flying high now part, more or less means that the love is at it's strongest. -So please don't run away when my ganja's all gone. Ganja more or less means the heat of the love, or possibly the lust of the relationship.
That's what I get out of it, doesn't mean it's right.