"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.
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
I get so hungry and I wish it never
Never would, never would
Never would, never would
Never would
Never would stop growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
I get get so full and I wish it never
Never would, never would
Never would, never would
Never would
Never would stop growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
I am as I want to be and I know I never
Never will, never will
Never will, never will
Never will stop caring
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
I get so hungry and I wish it never
Never would, never would
Never would, never would
Never would
Never would stop growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
I get get so full and I wish it never
Never would, never would
Never would, never would
Never would
Never would stop growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
When my soul starts growing
I am as I want to be and I know I never
Never will, never will
Never will, never will
Never will stop caring
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
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Great version of a great song,
i feel like this song is about how he doesn't ever want to feel like he has experienced all feelings. He doesn't ever want his mind to settle down, and become set in stone. He forever wants to grow, and change, and care.
I agree. Aristotle believed that happiness is an activity, that it is in the doing and not the getting. We chase the sun knowing it will always set just over the horizon and we would never want it any other way.
he wants his soul to get so "long" he has to put it into a ponytail?
i love how the bass sounds like a steady heartbeat in the womb.
before i checked the lyrics, i always thought he was saying "son" instead of "soul", and that he was speaking from a pregnant woman's perspective. it just sounded so warm and caring when he talks about getting so hungry, but never wanting it to stop growing. also, the heartbeat bass like spottedots mentioned kind of added to that. but of course, panda bear isn't saying "son", he's saying "soul", which probably makes a whole lot more sense. i just like to pretend it's "son" sometimes.
i like that<br />
I think the last word is 'dreaming' not 'caring'.
you're right, it does sound like "dreaming"
this song makes me think about heaven/
when our souls grow we need life (god) to fill them. and in the eternal state we never will stop growing...
"man shall not live by bread alone, but every word that comes out of the mouth of god." so true... wow
Shut the hell up, that doesn't even relate to the song haha
reminds me of babies.
Not sure why, but this song makes me cry.
this is the perfect end to a near-perfect album, and i think it would also be the perfect song to be playing over the end credits of a quiet little indie film.