"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.
All day i was working
A shitty job with shitty pay
My only motivation was leftovers
From yesterday
I go home and find that
My lasagna is all gone
Your the only culprit
Now the line must be drawn
I hate you, You ate my food
I hate you, You killed my mood
I hate you, That was so rude
I hate you, Don't eat my Food!!!
Those are my taquitos
Those cupcakes belong to me
Don't you fucking eat them
Or death will find you in your sleep
That's my frozen pizza
Those are my burritos too
Don't you fucking touch them
Or you'll be eating through a tube
I hate you, You ate my food
I hate you, You killed my mood
I hate you, That was so rude
I hate you, You ate my food
I hate you, You killed my mood
I hate you, That was so rude
How would you like it if I ate all your shit?
You get what you payed for, I have no food
You get what you payed for, You ate my food
You get what you payed for, I get repaid
You get what you payed for, By eating you!!!
"Dude chill it was just a burrito"
DON'T!
EAT!
MY!
FOOD!
A shitty job with shitty pay
My only motivation was leftovers
From yesterday
I go home and find that
My lasagna is all gone
Your the only culprit
Now the line must be drawn
I hate you, You ate my food
I hate you, You killed my mood
I hate you, That was so rude
I hate you, Don't eat my Food!!!
Those are my taquitos
Those cupcakes belong to me
Don't you fucking eat them
Or death will find you in your sleep
That's my frozen pizza
Those are my burritos too
Don't you fucking touch them
Or you'll be eating through a tube
I hate you, You ate my food
I hate you, You killed my mood
I hate you, That was so rude
I hate you, You ate my food
I hate you, You killed my mood
I hate you, That was so rude
How would you like it if I ate all your shit?
You get what you payed for, I have no food
You get what you payed for, You ate my food
You get what you payed for, I get repaid
You get what you payed for, By eating you!!!
"Dude chill it was just a burrito"
DON'T!
EAT!
MY!
FOOD!
Lyrics submitted by Death In A Cubical
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