"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 was born an April fool
Full of gold to a brothel
And saved all my sins!
I don't care if you and I are naked bare
And wrapped up in the sun
All I need is one one one one one one one one
One one one one one one one
I don't know where I've been, what I've done
I am the once now irreplaceable son whoa!
I'm Antichrist in your home
I'll come around this time to lay it sick from my soul
Let me go
And I have time, those blinking lights
Controlled my sight and blinded me in spite
And I waited here for you (here)
I don't care, the salvaged prayer
But a dent so big comes once a few years
And again I'm left to wait for you
And I don't know where I was going
I tried again to break you down for everyone's know
Crying, let me go back to my failures
And come around this time to stop and finally let go
Let me go!
(Ooh oh)
Leaves are dead but I am here
Waiting on another good year
I hope we don't lose it all here
I tried once, I tried twice and I'm done
I am the once and irreplaceable son
I've got that rock and that roll
Come around this time to set fire to your bones
I tried once, I tried twice, I am done
I am the once now and irreplaceable son
I've got that rock and that roll
I've come around this time to set fire to your homes
And let you go!
I don't care, so gouge my eyes
I'll spend the rest of my entire life blind
Consequence to you
And I don't care,
If you and I will take the rest of our entire lives
I'm patient here for you
Full of gold to a brothel
And saved all my sins!
I don't care if you and I are naked bare
And wrapped up in the sun
All I need is one one one one one one one one
One one one one one one one
I don't know where I've been, what I've done
I am the once now irreplaceable son whoa!
I'm Antichrist in your home
I'll come around this time to lay it sick from my soul
Let me go
And I have time, those blinking lights
Controlled my sight and blinded me in spite
And I waited here for you (here)
I don't care, the salvaged prayer
But a dent so big comes once a few years
And again I'm left to wait for you
And I don't know where I was going
I tried again to break you down for everyone's know
Crying, let me go back to my failures
And come around this time to stop and finally let go
Let me go!
(Ooh oh)
Leaves are dead but I am here
Waiting on another good year
I hope we don't lose it all here
I tried once, I tried twice and I'm done
I am the once and irreplaceable son
I've got that rock and that roll
Come around this time to set fire to your bones
I tried once, I tried twice, I am done
I am the once now and irreplaceable son
I've got that rock and that roll
I've come around this time to set fire to your homes
And let you go!
I don't care, so gouge my eyes
I'll spend the rest of my entire life blind
Consequence to you
And I don't care,
If you and I will take the rest of our entire lives
I'm patient here for you
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love love love this song! Favorite part:
"I don't care so gouge my eyes I'll spend the rest of my entire life blind Consequence to you"
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brilliant song.
I'VE GOT THAT ROCK AND THAT ROLL!
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I was born an April fool Full of gold to a brothel And saved all my sins
I don't care if you and I are naked bare And wrapped up in the sun All I need is one one one one one one one one...
I don't know where I've been, what I've done I am the once now irreplaceable son I'm antichrist in your home I'll come around this time to let you suck from my soul And let me go
And I have time, those blinking lights Controlled my sight and blinded me in spite And I waited here for you
I don't care, the salvaged prayer But a dent so big comes once a few years And again I'm left to wait for you
And I don't know where I was going I tried again to break you down for everyone's known, Crying, let me go back to my failures And come around this time to stop and finally let go Let me go
Leaves are dead but I am here Waiting on another good year I hope we don't lose it all here
I tried once, I tried twice and I'm done I am the once and irreplaceable son I've got that rock and that roll I've come around this time to set fire to your bones
I tried once, I tried twice, I am done I am the once and finally replaceable son I've got that rock and that roll I've come around this time to set fire to your homes And let you go
I don't care so gouge my eyes I'll spend the rest of my entire life blind Consequence to you
And I don't care if you and I will take the rest of our entire lives I'm patient here for you
I feel like the song describes the whole "Rock and Roll" lifestyle, the recklessness of drugs and alcohol, not caring what anybody thinks. Totally badass!!!
I don't know where I've been, what I've done I am the once now irreplaceable son I'm antichrist in your home I'll come around this time to suck from my soul And let me go
he wrote it about the day that he came home, april 1st, after his wife had been gone for a while and the first time he realized he fucked things up with her and wanting to do anything to fix it.
it's about andy hull losing his faith in religion, much like the rest of the album
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