"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'm bringing a vest and I run from the past
I pick up the phone just to find I'm alone
It's wearing me out and the weight of my sins
Kill the faith that I have so it's time to begin
Back to the start just to see how it feels
I was the one who had thought you could heal
Now that it's over it's time to move on
Because I was the righteous and you were the wrong
Every time I try to run and hide
I feel your heart take me
I'm addicted to the games that you play
You make me feel so pitiful
Like you're so beautiful
Your heart is beating me to death everyday
But I am not that pitiful
You're not that beautiful
I suffer inside just to feel I'm alive
I bury the truth cause I know it's a lie
I never said all the things I could say
Because you were the master and I was a slave
If I could find me a drug to forget you
I'd overdose on the day that I met you
Kill all the drama it's time to move on
Because I am the righteous and you were the wrong
Every time I try to run and hide
I feel your heart take me
I'm addicted to the games that you play
You make me feel so pitiful
Like you're so beautiful
Your heart is beating me to death everyday
But I am not that pitiful
You're not that beautiful
I'm not that pitiful
You're not so beautiful
Every time I look into your eyes
I see a demon in disguise
You fucking make me sick
You are the one that I despise
You take me and break me
You feed me lies
And all you gave in return was my demise
So maybe I'm just crazy for believing this shit
But goddamn I can't believe I'm fucking dealing with this
It's like a nightmare and I can't wake up
I just can't wake up
I'm addicted to the games that you play
You make me feel so pitiful
Like you're so beautiful
Your heart is beating me to death everyday
But I am not that pitiful
You're not that beautiful
I'm not that pitiful
You're not so beautiful
Beautiful
Beautiful
Beautiful
I pick up the phone just to find I'm alone
It's wearing me out and the weight of my sins
Kill the faith that I have so it's time to begin
Back to the start just to see how it feels
I was the one who had thought you could heal
Now that it's over it's time to move on
Because I was the righteous and you were the wrong
Every time I try to run and hide
I feel your heart take me
I'm addicted to the games that you play
You make me feel so pitiful
Like you're so beautiful
Your heart is beating me to death everyday
But I am not that pitiful
You're not that beautiful
I suffer inside just to feel I'm alive
I bury the truth cause I know it's a lie
I never said all the things I could say
Because you were the master and I was a slave
If I could find me a drug to forget you
I'd overdose on the day that I met you
Kill all the drama it's time to move on
Because I am the righteous and you were the wrong
Every time I try to run and hide
I feel your heart take me
I'm addicted to the games that you play
You make me feel so pitiful
Like you're so beautiful
Your heart is beating me to death everyday
But I am not that pitiful
You're not that beautiful
I'm not that pitiful
You're not so beautiful
Every time I look into your eyes
I see a demon in disguise
You fucking make me sick
You are the one that I despise
You take me and break me
You feed me lies
And all you gave in return was my demise
So maybe I'm just crazy for believing this shit
But goddamn I can't believe I'm fucking dealing with this
It's like a nightmare and I can't wake up
I just can't wake up
I'm addicted to the games that you play
You make me feel so pitiful
Like you're so beautiful
Your heart is beating me to death everyday
But I am not that pitiful
You're not that beautiful
I'm not that pitiful
You're not so beautiful
Beautiful
Beautiful
Beautiful
Lyrics submitted by MusicFREAK20, edited by GTSideSwipe
Not That Beautiful Lyrics as written by James Michael Jacoby Dakota Shaddix
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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No Surprises
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Magical
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Although my situation is kinda different from his. I can relate to this in a way. I've had a thing for this chick that is pretty much a screw up and I hate myself for it, but I just can't get over her. And she is by all means "NOT THAT BEAUTIFUL" One of my favorites on The Connection.