"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 smacked your face,
You fell in love when I said "FUCK YOUR MOM!"
I looked at you, said "It's all over!"
I turned around and walked away
And you just grabbed my arm
I looked at you, said "I can't stay sober"
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals.
MADNESS! feeling scared,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
MADNESS! No one cares,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
Oh maybe, baby,
Won't you rape me, wont you fantasize
About the time when we were lovers
I tried to phone you,
Tried to warn you but no compromise
I grabbed your ass under the cover
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
MADNESS! feeling scared,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
MADNESS! No one cares,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
MADNESS! feeling scared,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
MADNESS! No one cares,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals!
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals!
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals!
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals.
You fell in love when I said "FUCK YOUR MOM!"
I looked at you, said "It's all over!"
I turned around and walked away
And you just grabbed my arm
I looked at you, said "I can't stay sober"
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals.
MADNESS! feeling scared,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
MADNESS! No one cares,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
Oh maybe, baby,
Won't you rape me, wont you fantasize
About the time when we were lovers
I tried to phone you,
Tried to warn you but no compromise
I grabbed your ass under the cover
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
MADNESS! feeling scared,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
MADNESS! No one cares,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals
MADNESS! feeling scared,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
MADNESS! No one cares,
Looking around and nobody there,
When I say, "Fuck the world,
Let's get ready to rock!"
As I piss on your face while you suck on my cock.
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals!
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals!
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals!
Come eat some chemicals with me,
Come eat some chemicals.
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Tellan you are definately on to it.
Its about drugs, specifically he and his buddy in the song are ON drugs. He takes the drugs to get away and instead finds himself intensely focused on the state of our world. I also think the other person in the song achived the high they were after, because Darron feels alone.
MADNESS! NO ONE CARES! LOOKIN AROUND AN NOBODY CARES - I think he is referring to the people he is tripping with being uninterested in debating what he is tripping over.
-He also could be refering to people of the united states in general.
Piss on your face/suck on my cock - I think its just a metaphor for random things that happen when your tripping.