"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.
Jack says he loves the winter here
Cause these are days when everyone's as miserable as him
Josh says it smells like cheap beer and loathing here
It could be the van but it's probably just his breath
Max dropped out of college
He likes to say he finished
He's working back home with his dad
He and Kevin got matching tatoos of their initials
Three x's down their legs
Well I've got like minded dudes in Detroit or Vancouver
Newport, Boca, and Brum
I don't know where I am but I know where I came from
So everyone moved in with their girlfriends
In one bedroom apartments in the town that we grew up in
And all my friends are in bar bands
I don't know how it happened
I hope it pays the rent
And still there's some days
When I don't think that we'll ever see Dave again
Justin's working three jobs just to stay ahead
Spiro lied about his major
But it's working out for him
Nick and Richie got a place together by the train station
I spent twenty two years just wading through bullshit
Hey, it's worked so far
I don't know why I'm here, but I know who my friends are
So everyone moved in with their girlfriends
Who want better apartments in the town that we grew up in
And all my friends are in bar bands
I don't know how it happened
I hope it pays the rent
And still there's some days
When I don't think that we'll ever see Dave again
I'm not sad anymore
I'm just tired of this place
If this year would just end
I think we'd all be okay
We moved on again
We're not wasting way
Cause these are days when everyone's as miserable as him
Josh says it smells like cheap beer and loathing here
It could be the van but it's probably just his breath
Max dropped out of college
He likes to say he finished
He's working back home with his dad
He and Kevin got matching tatoos of their initials
Three x's down their legs
Well I've got like minded dudes in Detroit or Vancouver
Newport, Boca, and Brum
I don't know where I am but I know where I came from
So everyone moved in with their girlfriends
In one bedroom apartments in the town that we grew up in
And all my friends are in bar bands
I don't know how it happened
I hope it pays the rent
And still there's some days
When I don't think that we'll ever see Dave again
Justin's working three jobs just to stay ahead
Spiro lied about his major
But it's working out for him
Nick and Richie got a place together by the train station
I spent twenty two years just wading through bullshit
Hey, it's worked so far
I don't know why I'm here, but I know who my friends are
So everyone moved in with their girlfriends
Who want better apartments in the town that we grew up in
And all my friends are in bar bands
I don't know how it happened
I hope it pays the rent
And still there's some days
When I don't think that we'll ever see Dave again
I'm not sad anymore
I'm just tired of this place
If this year would just end
I think we'd all be okay
We moved on again
We're not wasting way
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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Jack says he loves the winter here 'Cause there are days when everyone's as miserable as him. And Josh says it smells like cheap beer and loathing here. It could be the van, but it's probably just his breath.
Max dropped out of college, he likes to say he finished. He's working back home with his dad. He and Kevin got matching tattoos of their initials and three X's down their legs.
Well, I've got like-minded dudes in Detroit or Vancouver, Newport, Bulkhead, and Brahm. I don't know where I am, but I know where I came from.
So everyone moved in with their girlfriends. In one-bedroom apartments. In the town that we grew up in and All my friends are in bar bands. I don't know how it happened But I hope it pays the rent. And still there's some days when I don't think that we'll ever see Dave again.
Jess is working three jobs just to stay ahead. Spiro lied about his major, but it's working out for him. Nick and Reggie got a place together by the train station.
I've spent twenty-two years just wading through bullshit And hey, it's worked so far. I don't know why I'm here, but I know who my friends are.
So everyone moved in with their girlfriends. In one-bedroom apartments. In the town that we grew up in and All my friends are in bar bands. I don't know how it happened But I hope it pays the rent. And still there's some days when I don't think that we'll ever see Dave again.
We moved on again, we're not wasting away.
I'm not sad anymore, I'm just tired of this place. If this year would just end, I think we'd all be okay.
Shane Henderson is from Valencia, Dave Mackinder is from Fireworks, Matty Arsenault is from A Loss For Words, Jamie Rhoden is from Title Fight, Nik Bruzzese is from Man Overboard, and Charlie Saxton I have no idea. Hes the kid from Hung?
i would be very interested to see a lyrics write up with who sings where and what
...They all just sing in the end? Obviously?
charlie saxton is from daytrader im pretty sure. i just saw them last night at the wonder years show and he sang for man overboard on a song also. im not 100% on this tho i could be confusing him.
Charlie Saxton is not from Daytrader. He's an actor. He's on the show Hung, and he's also in the Melrose Diner video, if I remember correctly.