"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.
It's the sound of revolution in the bedroom
But we know there's nothing doing
Because we're hiding on the staircase
It's the sound of them standing in the kitchen
And she says, "Yeah it's been bitching," and
He says "Yeah you're a bitch yeah!"
It's the sound of your floating inhibition when you're standing in the kitchen
And you know there's something missing
It's the sound of an emotional adventure and she said it was forever and he said it was forever and we said
"It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha,
It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha."
It's the sound of revolution in the bedroom
But we know there's nothing doing
Because we're hiding on the staircase
It's the sound of them cursing their existence Jungle drums beat in the bathroom
Separation's in the distance
It's the sound of you scoping next to me
And as they tear themselves apart you say it's better than TV and I say
"It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha,
It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha."
(Repeat once)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, YEAH, yeah
Confusianity, confusanity, a-ha
(Repeat to fade)
But we know there's nothing doing
Because we're hiding on the staircase
It's the sound of them standing in the kitchen
And she says, "Yeah it's been bitching," and
He says "Yeah you're a bitch yeah!"
It's the sound of your floating inhibition when you're standing in the kitchen
And you know there's something missing
It's the sound of an emotional adventure and she said it was forever and he said it was forever and we said
"It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha,
It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha."
It's the sound of revolution in the bedroom
But we know there's nothing doing
Because we're hiding on the staircase
It's the sound of them cursing their existence Jungle drums beat in the bathroom
Separation's in the distance
It's the sound of you scoping next to me
And as they tear themselves apart you say it's better than TV and I say
"It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha,
It's the sound of confusianity, confusianity, a-ha."
(Repeat once)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, YEAH, yeah
Confusianity, confusanity, a-ha
(Repeat to fade)
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wowowow, first comment?
anyway, i think this song is pretty self-explanatory, confused kids watching their parents fight 'separations in the distance'... goooood song !
"Well, it's been bitching," is actually "Well, you've been bitching,"
I think this song is about two people , most likely the kids in the family, watching their parents arguing while they're hiding on the staircase. They can tell that separation is in the distance based on how their parents are arguing so much..