"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.
Your legs are sweet and look like ivory
I can smell and taste at the same time
my mouth always waters with anticipation
we're together and I'm alive
feel my teeth they're lone and hard
the tips sharp enough to pierce your hide
now it's time to taste your flesh
you gasp and whimper a silent cry
good bye
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter to consume
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter to consume
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"No it's not enough"
my sweat starts to cover you
and your body starts to shake
no matter how much that you give
I just want more to take
"It's natural"
"It's natural"
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter to consume
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter something sweeter something sweeter
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"No it's not enough"
my mouth has had it's full of you
I can taste you on my breath
I give you one last kiss
and it's the kiss of death
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"No it's not enough"
I can smell and taste at the same time
my mouth always waters with anticipation
we're together and I'm alive
feel my teeth they're lone and hard
the tips sharp enough to pierce your hide
now it's time to taste your flesh
you gasp and whimper a silent cry
good bye
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter to consume
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter to consume
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"No it's not enough"
my sweat starts to cover you
and your body starts to shake
no matter how much that you give
I just want more to take
"It's natural"
"It's natural"
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter to consume
I prowl the room
I prowl the room
for something sweeter something sweeter something sweeter
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"No it's not enough"
my mouth has had it's full of you
I can taste you on my breath
I give you one last kiss
and it's the kiss of death
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"It's not enough"
"No it's not enough"
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this song only works if you dance to it.
Almost as awesome and Lord Gold Throneroom
Almost just like that song i can't stop listening to this one.
this song is awesome but it so could have gone places. it needs a heavy part or something. It's awesome to dance to though.
This song is about a monster of a man,consuming the flesh of a beautiful woman.He can't get enough of her.But once he gets his full,he kisses her and she dies.
^ Actually I'm pretty sure it's just comparing sex to Dinosuars.
The song lyrics can basically be taken as either a Raptor killing it's prey, or very kinky sex.
I love this one It gets stuck in my head all the time now. It is just comparing Sex to Dinosaurs. Leave it to HORSE to come up with something this great. New favorite.
I love this one It gets stuck in my head all the time now. It is just comparing Sex to Dinosaurs. Leave it to HORSE to come up with something this great. New favorite.
A buddy of mine, who is a pretty big HtB fan, loves their new album... except for this song. For a person that likes Dashboard Confessional and Alexisonfire, I don't understand why. I think this song is fantastic. The only other band I can think of that possibly could do something even remotely similar is At All Cost... but they couldn't even do something this awesome.
iunno, you can sort of interpret the lyrics as some sort of sex addict 'preying' on women in a bar type scene, or something.
It's a double-meaning. It's not only about some guy who goes to clubs and stalks his "prey", but also about a Raptor roaming the jungle doing the same thing but for an entirely different reason, which in turn is the same thing. Two different mindsets, but mutual in terms of the lyrics.