"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.
Fuck you!!
How many times do I have to break it down?
Fuck all of your tough guy bullshit
All of you make me fucking vomit
Fuck your ego, fuck your scene
All your shorts are brown and green
Now let me see you fucking dance
Come on, tough guys!!
How many times do I have to break it down?
Fuck all of your tough guy bullshit
All of you make me fucking vomit
Fuck your ego, fuck your scene
All your shorts are brown and green
Now let me see you fucking dance
Come on, tough guys!!
Lyrics submitted by bloodjunkie
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I think this song is talking about how they hate the "jock" or "prep" scene basically.
Great song.
they're making fun of the hardcore scene. i love this band.
they are definitally making fun of the hardcore scene.
their saying that all their songs consist of is breakdowns
hahaha i love hardcore. but this is hilarious.
Definatly making fun of the hardcore scene...
Mostly the tough-guy hardcore type scene.
dr. acula = amazing.
fuck the hardcore tough guys.
lol i dont know what to say about this song except for the fact that hes absoulutly right... i think hes sick of seeing all these fucks act like their tough shit when there not at all.. i love how he justs says it so bluntly lol
they rock like whoa
i relly like the bree brees
pshh, Dr. Acula doesn't do bree.<br /> it's more of a gree sound.
yeah for real...this song is about all the kids that go to shows and think they're hardcore by smashing all the other kids in and around the pit and starting fights for dumb reasons. obviously the band has seen many of these kids and are sick of them
um ok no. i went to high school with these guys. they're talking about themselves and their friends. they try to be the tough guys around our scene but they're really not. and this band seriously a joke it was never meant to be anything. dont take it seriously.