"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.
Jimmy:
You didn't take it
No you didnt take
But look how far
You made it
Who knew that you would
You got so far
Then he threw it away
When you were there
We thought he was gay
He broke it up
Just to start again
Kyle:
I didn't take
No I didnt take it
But look how far
I made it
Who knew that I would
You got so far
Then he threw it away
When you were there
We thought he was gay
He broke it up
Just to start again
You got so far
Then he threw it away
When you were there
We thought he was gay
He broke it up
Just to start again
Jimmy:
Get on back
Please get on back
Kyle:
I can get on back
Oh I can get on back
Both:
I knew that I would!
Jimmy:
You didn't take it look how far you made it
Kyle:
I didn't take it look how far I made it
Jimmy:
You didn't take it look how far you made it
Kyle:
I didn't take it look how far I made itJimmy:
You didn't take it look how far you made it
Kyle:
I didn't take it look how far I made it
Lyrics submitted by himynameismark
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I lawl'd. Fuck me from summer 07
Holy shit. I was fucking delusional in 6th grade and 7th grade. God damn. This...is damn near scary. I dont mean to be cynical, a typical anarchist. I hope I never forget this train of thought I have right now. Frank Turner and the Gaslight Anthem are amazing. Redemption Song by Bob Marley was the most amazing thing I ever heard, while hoch. Closest thing I've ever had to a diary. There's some show with rednecks and satellites on right now. WAT. I need to come back to this senior year. Long live freedom. Also- Fallout, BF3, friends, shitty rap songs, WHAAAAP, tf2, and a punk rock sense of honesty.
^^ Makes me feel like a dumbass. I just wrote down like half of my thoughts. Fuck the Chinese. If I for some god awful reason am listening to the typical weedsmoking rap song next time I see this, please me, remember these songs - Love, Ire and Song, Slurring the Rhythm. If those dont spark memories- good ones- then I can kiss myself goodbye. Also, CoD suxxxxxxxxxxx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
holy shit this is incredible. im fucking cringing from reading that. shit how did i have friends then. hahaha. i actually came back here because im really listening to curren$y for the first time, and i actually like him. takes me back to the days where i wrote that shit ^^ seriously. i guess i'll use this like my new years resolution or something Get paid get high get laid fuck man im gonna look back at this in 3 years and feel retarded, but hey, nothing new at least.
The more things change the more they stay the same eh? Also try 5.5 years dipshit me. You coulda done better than Caitlyn btw.