"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.
Thought I was alone in my utter disgust
'Til the old me started to bleed and we became us
Lust in this trust in this social halitosis
Combust to form stardust burning nuclear gust
Who sets presidents up to farm oil
It's the pigs who's tails curl out to pointed coil
If you want to know more then mark "yes" at the end of your test
In response to your call of distress we're the best
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
They say rebellion exists in despair
And their ironic facial hair
The devil may or may not care
I saw the look she gave to Mr. Cred
She said don't let that blow go to your head
She took my hand instead
There's nothing like the brain of a beautiful girl
When they grasp the fallacy of the world
We're in the back room, back to back, breathing hard
Reading the file on the heart they sought to defile
(Yeah! Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
Alright!
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
She won't follow you
She won't follow you, she won't follow
She won't follow you
She won't follow you, she won't follow
'Til the old me started to bleed and we became us
Lust in this trust in this social halitosis
Combust to form stardust burning nuclear gust
Who sets presidents up to farm oil
It's the pigs who's tails curl out to pointed coil
If you want to know more then mark "yes" at the end of your test
In response to your call of distress we're the best
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
They say rebellion exists in despair
And their ironic facial hair
The devil may or may not care
I saw the look she gave to Mr. Cred
She said don't let that blow go to your head
She took my hand instead
There's nothing like the brain of a beautiful girl
When they grasp the fallacy of the world
We're in the back room, back to back, breathing hard
Reading the file on the heart they sought to defile
(Yeah! Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
Alright!
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
I'll tell you everything, you everything, woah
(Meet me in the back room)
Just run away with me, just lay with me, woah
She won't follow you
She won't follow you, she won't follow
She won't follow you
She won't follow you, she won't follow
Lyrics submitted by torymcdougall
She Won't Follow You Lyrics as written by Maxim Bemis
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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if you can't tell... the song is hard to hear. so these are just guessed lyrics. feel free to correct me. :)
I'm pretty sure it's <br /> "In Response to your call of distress we're the best!"<br /> <br /> and<br /> "There's nothing like the brain of a beautiful girl"<br /> <br /> andddd<br /> "Were in the back room back to back<br /> reading the file on the heart they sought to defile"<br />