"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.
The lips that slip are the lips that press
And the lips that leak seem to know you best
I put bodies into motion keep this skin out in the open
Liars turn me on
Bed spread bandit since '89
You wear your heart on your sleeve
And threw mine to the sky
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
This is it, call it quits with honesty (you don't need this)
Every word is a curse let loose on me
Your mouth it moves but fails to speak
And when you use your lips they better be on me
The lies that tied your tongue in knots
Are the words that grew to hit my spots
So filthy, dialed desire
Swallowed pride but spit out fire
Liars turn me on
Bed spread bandit since '89
You wear your heart on your sleeve
And threw mine to the sky
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
This is it, call it quits with honesty (you don't need this)
Every word is a curse let loose on me
Your mouth it moves but fails to speak
And when you use your lips they better be on me
Bounce bounce, baby (bounce bounce, baby)
Bounce bounce, baby (bounce bounce, baby)
So filthy, dialed desire
Swallowed pride but spit out fire
Liars turn me on
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
This is it, call it quits with honesty (you don't need this)
Every word is a curse let loose on me
Your mouth it moves but fails to speak
And when you use your lips they better be on me
And the lips that leak seem to know you best
I put bodies into motion keep this skin out in the open
Liars turn me on
Bed spread bandit since '89
You wear your heart on your sleeve
And threw mine to the sky
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
This is it, call it quits with honesty (you don't need this)
Every word is a curse let loose on me
Your mouth it moves but fails to speak
And when you use your lips they better be on me
The lies that tied your tongue in knots
Are the words that grew to hit my spots
So filthy, dialed desire
Swallowed pride but spit out fire
Liars turn me on
Bed spread bandit since '89
You wear your heart on your sleeve
And threw mine to the sky
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
This is it, call it quits with honesty (you don't need this)
Every word is a curse let loose on me
Your mouth it moves but fails to speak
And when you use your lips they better be on me
Bounce bounce, baby (bounce bounce, baby)
Bounce bounce, baby (bounce bounce, baby)
So filthy, dialed desire
Swallowed pride but spit out fire
Liars turn me on
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
Bounce bounce baby, bounce back to me (you don't need this)
This is it, call it quits with honesty (you don't need this)
Every word is a curse let loose on me
Your mouth it moves but fails to speak
And when you use your lips they better be on me
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Bounce Lyrics as written by Cash Colligan Cash Coligan
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid, Songtrust Ave
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sounds like a mix between maroon 5 and Backstreet boys. i like it though
i think i'm really gonna like the cab. < 3
^Because Pete Wentz > Shakespeare.
Kidding, but among 12 year old girls he IS more well known.
The lips that slip Are the lips that press And the lips that leak Seem to know you best
I put bodies into motion Get this skin out in the open Liars turn me on
Bedspread bandit since '89
You wear your heart on your sleeve And threw mine to the sky
Thats about it, alex isn't that hard to interperet. he speaks alot clearly and too the point.
one of their best songs :) woo. a bit confusing what is it about.
Looooove this song.
i love this song. i think it is talking about like exes that are still a little interested in each other. but the girl has kind of moved on and the boy wants her back. just a theory.
this song is AMAZING live.
Two things,
one - "You wear your heart on your sleeve And threw mine to the sky" I thought he says "I throw mine to the sky"
and two, - either way, anyone else this is a reference to fall out boy? (my heart is on my sleeve...wear it like a bruise or black eye)
maybe not.
definitely possible but since they are fairly new (at least for all i know) they had to figure out what sort of band they want to be and what type of lyrics to write and if they all (or maybe just the lead vocalist) likes fallout boy then yeah he would rewrite their songs in order to become more like them and he would take their lyrics and reword them almost 100%. <br /> i speak as another artist***
"Wear your heart on your sleeve," is a phrase that originates from Shakespeare's Othello.
Well before Pete Wentz's time. Why is he given credit for everything?