"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.
I can swear I feel the beating of a cold cold heart
Or there's a chill, 'cause it's showing through your clothing
And as far as I can tell
There's nothing underneath your v-neck tee
I'm begging I'm begging
I'm begging you please now
Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Won't you stop teasing me
Won't you take it easy
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
[Chorus]
You're never gonna go
Drop
What'cha
Got
Now
Everybody knows the way the eye goe
Moving like a curtain closes over the finale
From your head down to your toes
Up and down checking you out now beyond a doubt
Make a copy in the office for the desk with the windows
In the ivory dome
You've made it your home
See you in the sills
Smiling ear to ear
Never gonna go
Do you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Won't you stop teasing me
Won't you take it easy
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
[Chorus]
Tell me that you want me
Phantom Planet - Dropped
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Won't you stop teasing me
Won't you take it easy
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
[Chorus]
Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Now!
Or there's a chill, 'cause it's showing through your clothing
And as far as I can tell
There's nothing underneath your v-neck tee
I'm begging I'm begging
I'm begging you please now
Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Won't you stop teasing me
Won't you take it easy
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
[Chorus]
You're never gonna go
Drop
What'cha
Got
Now
Everybody knows the way the eye goe
Moving like a curtain closes over the finale
From your head down to your toes
Up and down checking you out now beyond a doubt
Make a copy in the office for the desk with the windows
In the ivory dome
You've made it your home
See you in the sills
Smiling ear to ear
Never gonna go
Do you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Won't you stop teasing me
Won't you take it easy
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
[Chorus]
Tell me that you want me
Phantom Planet - Dropped
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Won't you stop teasing me
Won't you take it easy
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
[Chorus]
Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me 'cause I'd like to know
Now!
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no comments?! this song is amazinggg. tell me if i made any mistakes :S and i'm not sure what this song is about. but it is def catchy!
I can't submit my lyrics because apparently SongMeanings was designed with error-prone humans in mind, so here is my transcription:
I can swear I feel the beating of a cold, cold heart or there's a chill, 'cause it's showing through your clothing and as far as I can tell, nothing underneath your V-neck tee I'm beggin', I'm beggin', I'm beggin' you please now–
Tell me that you want me tell me that you need me tell me 'cause I'd like to know. Won't you stop teasin' me won't you take it easy tell me 'cause I'd like to know. You're never gonna go
Drop... whatcha... got... now... Drop... whatcha... got... now
Everybody knows the way the eye goes, movin' like a curtain closes over the finale from your head down to your toes up and down, checking you out now, beyond a doubt make a copy in the office for the desk with the windows in the ivory dome, you've made it your home see in you the sills, smilin' ear to ear you're never gonna go
Do you want me tell me that you need me tell me 'cause I'd like to know. Won't you stop teasin' me won't you take it easy tell me cause I'd like to know. You're never gonna go
Drop... whatcha... got... now... Drop... whatcha... got... now... Drop... whatcha... got... now...
[Guitar riffs]
(Will you) tell me that you want me tell me that you need me tell me 'cause I'd like to know. Will you stop teasin' me won't you take it easy tell me 'cause I'd like to know. You're never gonna go
Drop... whatcha... got... now... Drop... whatcha... got... now... Drop... whatcha... got... now
Tell me that you want me tell me that you need me tell me cause I'd like to know... now!
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Alex said this song is about "getting naked".
yes...that would be my guess at it....
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"This song is a song to make whoopie to." HAHAHHAHAHA WHAAAT THE EFF?!
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