"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.
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Open up your throat
And let the all of that time
All of that time, all of that time go
I know it sucks that daddy's dumb
But try to think of what you want
You got to open up your
Open up your, open up your throat
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And let the all of that time
All of that time, all of that time go
I know it sucks that daddy's dumb
But try to think of what you want
You got to open up your
Open up your, open up your throat
Matt
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You got to weigh what he said
To help you shape the way you play
You gotta get rid of the mourning
Sort out the habits of your mind
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To help you shape the way you play
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To help you shape the way you play
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Sort out the habits of your mind
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To help you shape the way you play
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Sort out the habits of your mind
Until fully grown
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Won't help to hold inside
Keep it real, keep it real shout out
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Open up your throat
And let the all of that time
All of that time, all of that time go
I know it sucks that daddy's dumb
But try to think of what you want
You got to open up your
Open up your, open up your throat
Matt
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Open up your (open up your)
Open up your (open up your)
Open up your (open up your)
Open up your (open up your)
Open up your (open up your)
Open up your (open up your)
Open up your throat
Open up your, open up your
Open up your throat
And let the all of that time
All of that time, all of that time go
I know it sucks that daddy's dumb
But try to think of what you want
You got to open up your
Open up your, open up your throat
Matt
Support your brother (sports brother)
Support your brother (sports brother)
Support your brother (sports brother)
Support your brother (sports brother)
Support your brother (sports brother)
Support your brother (sports brother)
Support your brother (sports brother)
Support your brother (sports brother)
You got to weigh what he said
To help you shape the way you play
You gotta get rid of the mourning
Sort out the habits of your mind
You got to weigh what he said
To help you shape the way you play
You gotta get rid of the mourning
Sort out the habits of your mind
You got to weigh what he said
To help you shape the way you play
You gotta get rid of the mourning
Sort out the habits of your mind
You got to weigh what he said
To help you shape the way you play
You gotta get rid of the mourning
Sort out the habits of your mind
Until fully grown
You got a real good shot
Won't help to hold inside
Keep it real, keep it real shout out
Until fully grown
You got a real good shot
Won't help to hold inside
Keep it real, keep it real shout out
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Keep it real, keep it real shout out
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You got a real good shot
Won't help to hold inside
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Until fully grown
You got a real good shot
Won't help to hold inside
Keep it real, keep it real shout out
Until fully grown
You got a real good shot
Won't help to hold inside
Keep it real, keep it real shout out
Until fully grown
You got a real good shot
Won't help to hold inside
Keep it real, keep it real shout out
Lyrics submitted by Hyperbadox, edited by GrungyBeatle, Smxxch, Mellow_Harsher, Sportbrother
Brother Sport Lyrics as written by Noah Benjamin Lennox Brian Ross Weitz
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Wow, you guys are still arguing over what the words are, huh?
I'm pretty sure it turned out it was "daddy's done" in the end.
As for the meaning, I think it's been mentioned a few times but it's about Noah comforting his brother about their father's death and telling him not to keep everything inside about it. There's a quote from him in a Pitchfork review about it:
"Pitchfork: What about those lyrics? What do those words mean to you? Noah Lennox: The song is really an encouragement song for my brother who was having kind of a rough time at the time I was writing the song. That's what the song is about, for me at least."