"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 not a fan
But I understand
If there is something that moves you
That's not my cup of tea
It's part of what makes you beautiful to me
I'm not a fan
Like you and your friends
You're so well read, I grew up on sugar cereal and TV
I'm starting to wonder what you see in me
No, I'm not a fan
But maybe I could learn to be
Oh, there's always something from the start
You try to tell yourself it's only small
But it's not
And it's the very thing that later on will tear it all apart
I'm not a fan
And I wonder if you really are
Or does it make you feel smart?
A boy band with glasses
Just minus the heart
He's shaking his ass
And you call it art
I'll wait in the lobby, go meet him for real
We can all go to dinner, yeah, and I'll be third wheel
So go get your t-shirt signed, fangirl
I may or may not be here when you return
So fuck you
And your friends
But I understand
If there is something that moves you
That's not my cup of tea
It's part of what makes you beautiful to me
I'm not a fan
Like you and your friends
You're so well read, I grew up on sugar cereal and TV
I'm starting to wonder what you see in me
No, I'm not a fan
But maybe I could learn to be
Oh, there's always something from the start
You try to tell yourself it's only small
But it's not
And it's the very thing that later on will tear it all apart
I'm not a fan
And I wonder if you really are
Or does it make you feel smart?
A boy band with glasses
Just minus the heart
He's shaking his ass
And you call it art
I'll wait in the lobby, go meet him for real
We can all go to dinner, yeah, and I'll be third wheel
So go get your t-shirt signed, fangirl
I may or may not be here when you return
So fuck you
And your friends
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by LidoTRK
Not a Fan Lyrics as written by Benjamin Folds
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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VERSE 1: a guy don't like his girlsfriend's taste in Music, but is OK with it, praising diversity and all that.
VERSE 2: the guy start to wonder if it's him that is wrong, since every of his girlfriend's friends love that same Music.
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