"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 wish I could go
Off far away
Where time moves too slow
Day after day
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The clouds as they pass by
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The crowds as they walk by
I have a fixation with laziness
Procrastination, is what I do best
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The clouds as they pass by
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The crowds as they walk by
Where has my ambition gone
I haven't seen it for so long
Am I a burden to someone
Life, I am so tired
Of everything
All my desire
Is vanishing
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The clouds as they pass by
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The crowds as they walk by
Off far away
Where time moves too slow
Day after day
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The clouds as they pass by
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The crowds as they walk by
I have a fixation with laziness
Procrastination, is what I do best
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The clouds as they pass by
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The crowds as they walk by
Where has my ambition gone
I haven't seen it for so long
Am I a burden to someone
Life, I am so tired
Of everything
All my desire
Is vanishing
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The clouds as they pass by
I'll wait, and I'll sit and watch
The crowds as they walk by
Lyrics submitted by AtomicGarden
Lazy Lyrics as written by Darren House Ashley Beedle
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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man this song perfectly describes me...lazy
This song is awesome...its like literary explains my life nowadays.
This song is awesome...its like literary explains my life nowadays.
man i listen to this song every morning to set things right just for the perfect motivation to sit on my ass.
I Love This Song It sets you in the perfect mood. As The song says itself, just lay down in t grass, watch the clouds go by listing to this.
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This song's prett self explanitory. Someone's a lazy bastard. One of my favorite NOFX tunes.
This song is cool
i love this song for the fact it is so self explanatory.it's motivatingly lazy:]