"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.
(spoken)
A beautiful girl can make you dizzy,
Like you've been drinking jack and coke all morning.
She can make you feel high,
Full of the single greatest commodity known to man:
Promise. promise of a better day,
promise of a greater hope,
promise of a new tomorrow.
This particular aura,
can be found in the gait of a beautiful girl.
In her smile, and in her soul.
In the way she makes every rotten little thing about life
seem like it's gonna be ok.
(sung)
September never stays this cold,
Where I come from and you know,
I'm not one, for complaining.
But I love the way you roll
Excuses off the tip of your tongue,
As I (slowly) slowly, quietly, slowly, fall apart.
This won't mean a thing come tomorrow,
And that's exactly how I'll make it seem.
'Cause I'm still not sleeping,
Thinking I've crawled home from worse than this.
So please, please, (please)
I'm running out of sympathy,(I'm running out of sympathy)
I never said I'd take this,
I never said I'd take this lying down.
She says, "C'mon c'mon,
Lets just get this over with."(3x)
I never said I'd take this lying down.
Well I've crawled home from worse than this,
From worse than this!
You always come close
But this never comes easy.
I still know everything.(3x)
You always come close
But this never comes easy.(2x)
I never said I'd take this lying down.(2x)
You always come!
You're coming close.
I never said I'd take this lying down.
But I've crawled home from worse than this.
If it's not keeping you up at night,
Then what's the point?(4x)
I'm in your room,
Well is this turning you on?
Am I turning you on?
I'm in your room,
Are you turned on?
I'm on the corner of your bed
Are you turned on?(2x)
A beautiful girl can make you dizzy,
Like you've been drinking jack and coke all morning.
She can make you feel high,
Full of the single greatest commodity known to man:
Promise. promise of a better day,
promise of a greater hope,
promise of a new tomorrow.
This particular aura,
can be found in the gait of a beautiful girl.
In her smile, and in her soul.
In the way she makes every rotten little thing about life
seem like it's gonna be ok.
(sung)
September never stays this cold,
Where I come from and you know,
I'm not one, for complaining.
But I love the way you roll
Excuses off the tip of your tongue,
As I (slowly) slowly, quietly, slowly, fall apart.
This won't mean a thing come tomorrow,
And that's exactly how I'll make it seem.
'Cause I'm still not sleeping,
Thinking I've crawled home from worse than this.
So please, please, (please)
I'm running out of sympathy,(I'm running out of sympathy)
I never said I'd take this,
I never said I'd take this lying down.
She says, "C'mon c'mon,
Lets just get this over with."(3x)
I never said I'd take this lying down.
Well I've crawled home from worse than this,
From worse than this!
You always come close
But this never comes easy.
I still know everything.(3x)
You always come close
But this never comes easy.(2x)
I never said I'd take this lying down.(2x)
You always come!
You're coming close.
I never said I'd take this lying down.
But I've crawled home from worse than this.
If it's not keeping you up at night,
Then what's the point?(4x)
I'm in your room,
Well is this turning you on?
Am I turning you on?
I'm in your room,
Are you turned on?
I'm on the corner of your bed
Are you turned on?(2x)
Lyrics submitted by xlushlipsx, edited by scarracher
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i thought this was by taking back sunday? and like i am like a huge fall out boy fan and NEVER have seen or heard this song...
well i have by TBS not fob...
It is by Taking Back Sunday.
i thought so...
so...how do you delete songs?
no sorry.... some one deleted a ton of songs a couple days ago cause there where like 4 arms races and now thers only one...
Actually I have a version by Fallout Boy. So don't delete it.
really? cool where did you get it? i wanna hear it
I wanna hear it too!!
oooh, where did you get the fob version? i'd be curious to see. and it's actually called "Great Romances of the 20th Century" in the tbs version. :)