"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.
Go run and tell all the neighbors
Go run and tell everyone
There's a storm that's coming for her
This type of rain will make her fall in love
This girl's so condescending
Mysterious, but beautiful
So go run and tell all the neighbors
I'm gonna grab her heart and won't let go
[Chorus]
I've never wanted you so much
As I do right now
I can't believe this is happening to me
Hey, make it rain
Flood the streets if only for today
Hey, make it rain
I need you, I want you, oh
I just can't help it, baby
All we got's tonight
Hey, make it rain, yeah
Her favorite place to dance is outside
Especially when the stars are bright
So that's exactly where I'm headed
She's beautiful under night skies
I've been waiting for this weather
Come rain, come shine
She's mine
Go run and tell all the neighbors
Go run and tell everyone
The storm is coming
Better come inside
[Chorus]
My eyes will be locked on you
I'm moving for the kill
So sit still
I want your eyes locked on me
You will be loving me till the morning
Hey, make it rain
Flood the streets if only for today
Hey, make it rain
I need you, I want you, oh
I just can't help it, baby
All we got's tonight
Hey, make it rain
Go run and tell everyone
There's a storm that's coming for her
This type of rain will make her fall in love
This girl's so condescending
Mysterious, but beautiful
So go run and tell all the neighbors
I'm gonna grab her heart and won't let go
[Chorus]
I've never wanted you so much
As I do right now
I can't believe this is happening to me
Hey, make it rain
Flood the streets if only for today
Hey, make it rain
I need you, I want you, oh
I just can't help it, baby
All we got's tonight
Hey, make it rain, yeah
Her favorite place to dance is outside
Especially when the stars are bright
So that's exactly where I'm headed
She's beautiful under night skies
I've been waiting for this weather
Come rain, come shine
She's mine
Go run and tell all the neighbors
Go run and tell everyone
The storm is coming
Better come inside
[Chorus]
My eyes will be locked on you
I'm moving for the kill
So sit still
I want your eyes locked on me
You will be loving me till the morning
Hey, make it rain
Flood the streets if only for today
Hey, make it rain
I need you, I want you, oh
I just can't help it, baby
All we got's tonight
Hey, make it rain
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Make It Rain Lyrics as written by Joseph Matthew Lussa Daniel James Stevens
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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I really love this song. i love the whole melody of it. this is one of the best songs on the album. i think rain is used alot as a negative theme in songs, but this makes it beautiful. its like a hearts is overpouring with love and flooding everything
Sounds like another song about sex to me...they seem to sing about sex alot ;D
best song on champion. they are amazing in concert & danny sings his little heart out to this one. love it.
All of their songs are about sex. Whether it's completely obvious or subliminial. The bassist even told my friend that.
So...if this song is about sex, what's the random party about in the music video?
I love The Audition but that music video kind of disappointed me. They posted it in a blog and people were commenting saying they loved it, but when I saw it I was like, "yeah, danny looks attractive, like always, but what's so amazing about this?" Their /other/ videos worked the song into its contents somehow. This seems like they were just struggling for ideas and chose a random party because it'd be easy to do seeing as tons of people would be more than willing to shoot it. Or at least that's how it seems, in comparison to their other videos.
Oh well, I love The Audition. :] And this isn't a change to their music style so it doesn't matter. Haha.
I think this song is about this amazing girl he is completely, undeniabley in love with. "Her favorite place to dance is outside Especially when the stars are bright So that's exactly where I'm headed She's beautiful under night skies" ^those are my favorite lyrics of the song. she's this unique girl that intrigues him. He's willing to do anything to be with her. Also the theme of rain used as a positive thing, like he embraces her flaws instead of dwelling upon them. love that.
Probably my favorite The Audition song. I absolutely ADORE them!