"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.
We were visiting friends and saying hello
Then getting stoned and not saying much
Watching the people on TV who talk faster than us
I'm still holding the cup ignoring the sound of the ice cream truck
She had visiting moods, what it wants to be
We were visiting friends, wanted words too muddy
[?] got stuck, I walked a [?]
I heard a bird in the windowpane, you rolled up your grass
[?] but the cop couldn't tell, [?] visiting his, we're visiting [?]
Marking the difference in the way that they smell
The light hits them differently, the sheets do get cold
The windows are cracked, do you recognize the room
The posters that tilt, furniture spread around, we were visiting mine
We were visiting mine, we were visiting mine
We were visiting mine, we were visiting mine
Then getting stoned and not saying much
Watching the people on TV who talk faster than us
I'm still holding the cup ignoring the sound of the ice cream truck
She had visiting moods, what it wants to be
We were visiting friends, wanted words too muddy
[?] got stuck, I walked a [?]
I heard a bird in the windowpane, you rolled up your grass
[?] but the cop couldn't tell, [?] visiting his, we're visiting [?]
Marking the difference in the way that they smell
The light hits them differently, the sheets do get cold
The windows are cracked, do you recognize the room
The posters that tilt, furniture spread around, we were visiting mine
We were visiting mine, we were visiting mine
We were visiting mine, we were visiting mine
Lyrics submitted by deadwing89
Visiting Friends Lyrics as written by David Michael Portner Noah Benjamin Lennox
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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So the lyrics posted here seem incorrect for the most part :. The middle is very unclear(others have any ideas?), but i believe the end is mostly correct.
Visiting Friends:
"We were visiting friends and saying hello Then getting stoned and not saying much Watching the people on TV who talk faster than us I'm still holding the cup Ignoring the sound of the ice cream truck (?) She had visiting moods What it wants to be
We were visiting friends (?) too (muddy) (?) got stuck I walked a (?) (?) I heard a bird in the windowpane You rolled up your grass (?) But the cop couldn't tell
But the comfort to know what visiting is We're visiting beds Marking the difference In the way that they smell The light hits them differently The sheets do get cold The windows are cracked Do you recognize the room, The posters that tilt, Furniture spread around
We were visiting mine"
Also, i believe by "visiting friends" he is speaking of a relationship in which the lover comes and goes...Visiting friends as in a friend who only visits, never staying to establish anything worthwhile. Just an idea, rereading the partial lyrics with that in mind really helped me at least feel like i understand the song/meaning, but to each his own :)
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"We were visiting friends and saying hello Then getting stoned and not saying much"
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wow that's awesome! there's sound effects from WoW in there towards the beginning. great song
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