"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.
Grown up, she just turned sixteen
Stuck in the moment, dead at the scene
And it's on tonight
This is the life that you wanted, right?
So turn off all the lights
Dressed up just like a movie star
At all the parties they'll know who you are
Wouldn't it be great, to be fashionably late?
So why don't you wait, 'til you're sedated
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Step in and you can lock the door
The candles are lit and the clothes on the floor
You could take a chance on finding romance
Now you're holding hands
But he's got other plans
Tick-tock, the clock is turning red
The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head
And it's too late
You feel like you're making a big mistake
You should've waited
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
So just wait, love
Show 'em what you're made of
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Stuck in the moment, dead at the scene
And it's on tonight
This is the life that you wanted, right?
So turn off all the lights
Dressed up just like a movie star
At all the parties they'll know who you are
Wouldn't it be great, to be fashionably late?
So why don't you wait, 'til you're sedated
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Step in and you can lock the door
The candles are lit and the clothes on the floor
You could take a chance on finding romance
Now you're holding hands
But he's got other plans
Tick-tock, the clock is turning red
The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head
And it's too late
You feel like you're making a big mistake
You should've waited
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Yeah, what I'm saying is do you
Do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
So just wait, love
Show 'em what you're made of
Don't it feel like something's not right in his kiss tonight?
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
Do you, do you want to lose it all?
'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you
Do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
'Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug
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Dance Hall Drug Lyrics as written by Martin Johnson
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the right lyrics for some of the parts in this song
"Grown up- she just turned 16" "To be fashionably late" "Don't it feel like something's not right in this kiss tonight?" "Then you should pack it up and say goodbye" "Step in and you can lock the door"
but i love this song
ok. thank you. i knew some of those were wrong, but i played it by ear.
Hm. Maybe it's about a girl who's a big flirt...maybe she got drugged at a party..or maybe drunk--and had a one night stand with a guy she liked..and she wanted to become something with him but the boy's think 'Wait a minute. No. I have someone else waiting for me. I don't want you.'
it sounds more like 'in his kiss' to me
umm yess... i realy think its in HIS kiss... and it seems better.<br /> <br /> This? naah no way! lol
I think you're on the right track BlackandWhiteDreams but I don't necessarily think it is just a one night stand type of deal, but is about how young girls, especially 16 year old girls who just get their drivers license, are so anxious to start partying and putting out. The "something's not right in his kiss" line I think means the guy is only interested in getting some ass rather than really caring about the girl. It's these kinds of one night stands that makes sex just a dance hall drug whereas waiting to find real romance and a strong relationship would be worth so much more. In theory of course...
This band sounds like Simple Plan, well in this song anyways... Not that thats a bad thing...
I think that Midnight Cowboy is on to the right idea. Teenage girls are all excited and want to throw themselves at the first boy who makes them feel like they love them. And the romance is like a drug, and if you give it to it you could end up "losing it all".
This song's clearly about Date Rape.
no this song isnt about date rape, it can be, but not solely.(SP)
to me it reminds me of a freshman in high school, just coming in and trying to make it big. she wants to become popular and wants people to like her. thats where all the:
"Stuck in the moment Dead at the scene And it's on tonight This is the life that you wanted, right? So turn off all the lights Dressed up just like a movie star At all the parties, they'll know who you are"
comes in, where shes dressing all 'that' you know like you used to think when you were a freshman. (thank god we learned with time) so anyways she's about to do it with a guy from the party and obviously she's having second thoughts, and the singer is trying to get across that she should wait, for when it would be special with someone special.
"Do you want to lose it all? 'Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug You can't wait to fall in love All I'm saying is do you, do you want to learn to fly? Then you should pack it up and say goodbye 'Cause when the push comes to the shove, it's just a dance hall drug"
so he's saying just wait and in time it will all work out, you will fall in love with someone who will fall in love with you, and it will be more special.
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I agree! when i first heard the song, I thought of something like that. But maybe not a freshman... just that kind of girl in general