"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.
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face, and desecrate
My arms and legs, they get in the way
And take my hands, they'll understand
Take my heart, pull it apart
And take my brain, or what remains
And throw it all away
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
Take my lungs, take them and run
Take my tongue, go have some fun
And take the ears, take them and disappear
And take my joints, take them for points
Take my teeth, tear through my cheeks
And take the nose, go and dispose
Oh, would you go dispose, just go dispose?
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
Ooh
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face, and desecrate
Arms and legs, get in the way
Bodies break
Ooh
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy
Tired of this body
Fall apart without me
Tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy (take my eyes, take them aside)
Tired of this body (take my face, and desecrate)
Fall apart without me (arms and legs get in the way)
Tired of this body (take my lungs, take them and run)
Tired of this body (take my tongue, go have some fun)
Tired of this body (take my heart, pull it apart)
Cumbersome and heavy body
Cumbersome and heavy body
Heavy body
Take my face, and desecrate
My arms and legs, they get in the way
And take my hands, they'll understand
Take my heart, pull it apart
And take my brain, or what remains
And throw it all away
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
Take my lungs, take them and run
Take my tongue, go have some fun
And take the ears, take them and disappear
And take my joints, take them for points
Take my teeth, tear through my cheeks
And take the nose, go and dispose
Oh, would you go dispose, just go dispose?
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
Ooh
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face, and desecrate
Arms and legs, get in the way
Bodies break
Ooh
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy
Tired of this body
Fall apart without me
Tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy (take my eyes, take them aside)
Tired of this body (take my face, and desecrate)
Fall apart without me (arms and legs get in the way)
Tired of this body (take my lungs, take them and run)
Tired of this body (take my tongue, go have some fun)
Tired of this body (take my heart, pull it apart)
Cumbersome and heavy body
Cumbersome and heavy body
Heavy body
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I personally think it's just think it's about feeling so tired and fed up with everything to the point that you want people to just take all of what you are because you just don't care anymore.
Well that's pretty much what I feel whenever I listen to it anyway. Haha
This is a very good song, and props to the many rhymes for the body parts.
As for actual song meaning, it seems that the artist is merely making a statement about his/her self image, or maybe even self confidence. I think it's a safe bet to say that the artist doesn't feel comfortable being as they are, and would seek to alter their image of themselves given the chance.
I dunno. Seems more to me about transcendence and a plea for the body to just fall away so the singer can become pure soul/mind. Alternately it seemed kind of as if it was from the perspective of someone disabled or otherwise minoritized--mainly because of the sense of feeling encumbered by your body rather than empowered.
I agree with Bjanes18 but I want to further elaborate on what was said. It might be hard to understand what Bjanes18 was saying but I think that it is about just feeling disconnected with yourself and losing that level of self love and self care that you once had. You begin to just not care about your body. It's really just an empty vessel. You are physically there but mentally not. It's also about feeling numb, feeling like you don't care whats done to you because you know it won't hurt, and you know it won't feel good. I go through this kind of feeling when I go through my depression.
This definitely reminds me of my health problems, I've actually said variations of "I just wanna rip these stupid organs outta my body!" before. but as for the intended meaning, I'm thinking the speaker is frustrated with herself, like "fuck this, I give up."
I think it's about depression.
I agree with Bjanes18 but I want to further elaborate on what was said. It might be hard to understand what Bjanes18 was saying but I think that it is about just feeling disconnected with yourself and losing that level of self love and self care that you once had. You begin to just not care about your body. It's really just an empty vessel. You are physically there but mentally not. It's also about feeling numb, feeling like you don't care whats done to you because you know it won't hurt, and you know it won't feel good. I go through this kind of feeling when I go through my depression.
I think it is about this person being hurt mentally and physically so many times that they want to just get rid of themshelves piece by piece because they are so empty and hopless on the inside that they lost who ther were and there meaning of life
I think its about dysmorphia and how the narroator feels about his/her body
love this song.
I think this is about dissociation and feeling disconnected from your body (as was mentioned earlier). I deal with this a lot thanks to gender dysphoria and so I relate to this song a lot.
i think it means that a person is getting bullied for not having a good body and just does not care anymore so when he/she dies to take her/his body parts at least that's what i fell when i listen to it