"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.
It can be hard when you are
the geek of the school
and nobody likes you.
the way you to dress to impress.
but you just make yourself in a mess.
Look at the facts,
you can avoid the incoming attacks
just be quiet and kind,
and work hard in the educational acts.
that's all.
bridge
but we both know....
Chorus
Bullying Sucks unless
your luckey one
who isn't getting bullied at all.
I guess you're screwed
when your the one
who's getting their ass kicked
As we know
people get suicidal
after getting
bullied a few times
so they slit the wrist
and thats how you get those
weird people called Emo kids.
but there's other
ways to deal with it
talk to someone
your so called "friends'
your parents
even the hot girl next door.
Or Start expressing yourself
by doing things
Draw
compose music
Act
Sing
What ever that expresses yourself
but don't do drugs
bridge
but we both know....
Chorus
Bullying Sucks unless
your luckey one
who isn't getting bullied at all.
I guess you're screwed
when your the one
who's getting their ass kicked
the geek of the school
and nobody likes you.
the way you to dress to impress.
but you just make yourself in a mess.
Look at the facts,
you can avoid the incoming attacks
just be quiet and kind,
and work hard in the educational acts.
that's all.
bridge
but we both know....
Chorus
Bullying Sucks unless
your luckey one
who isn't getting bullied at all.
I guess you're screwed
when your the one
who's getting their ass kicked
As we know
people get suicidal
after getting
bullied a few times
so they slit the wrist
and thats how you get those
weird people called Emo kids.
but there's other
ways to deal with it
talk to someone
your so called "friends'
your parents
even the hot girl next door.
Or Start expressing yourself
by doing things
Draw
compose music
Act
Sing
What ever that expresses yourself
but don't do drugs
bridge
but we both know....
Chorus
Bullying Sucks unless
your luckey one
who isn't getting bullied at all.
I guess you're screwed
when your the one
who's getting their ass kicked
Lyrics submitted by DofS
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This song reminds me of the recent events in the news with a girl getting bullied. I think it is also a reflection of our culture in many ways and doesn't need to just pertain to kids. The sad thing is allegedly some girl died because of bullying recently. I won't say her name but you can look in the news. They hunted her down in school, they pursued her mercilessly on the internet, and everywhere she turned there was an insult of some kind aimed at her either directly or indirectly. It was said that allegedly her bullies and also the articles called them stalkers were to have said on a social networking site that they were happy that she was dead. Maybe it was their goal to get rid of her anyway? If you can imagine such a possibility of animalistic cruelty. It makes me angry that our society no longer values the rights of an individual and it has become a "Lord of the Flies" free for all. Allegedly the people involved were overheard at a party joking about how they lied to the police. Who really knows what occurred? Obviously something hideous and indecent. Its a sad indication of what is going on in our society today. Realistically though, this form of harrassment can happen to anyone. It can spiral out of control because there are people in this world who have that same vicious mentality. They are angry and wish to take it out on others. I think of her as being the strong one and not her alleged attackers. It takes a huge amount of courage to go through something like that even for one day, let alone the several months that she supposedly suffered through. It is an afflication that most of us can't even begin to imagine. Its sad to think what she could have done with her life, had a family and children of her own some day. We all have families that we love and care about and its sad we can't treat others with the same kindness and decency that we would our own. Someday our children will be out in the world and if we don't lead by example on how to treat others than there is no hope for our society.