"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.
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in a crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
Been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in a crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
Been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
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Been A Son Lyrics as written by Kurt Cobain
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This was about his sister. According to the biography, this was about his siter who was gay, and told kurt instead of her parents because she didn't think they would understand.
I think this is about Kurt, how he could never live up to his dad's expectations. How he was a 'little girl' in his dads eyes. How his dad wanted him to be more masculine, but Kurt veered from that direction. Being an artist and hanging out with drug friends. 'she shoulda stayed away from friends' She, meaning kurt, should have not hung out with the "losers" he was hangin with and should have hung around pops more. She should of had more time to spend'. 'She should have died when she was born' 'She should have worn a crown of thorns'. SHe should have been a son.
Despite some people's belief, this is definetely NOT about Frances Cobain.
It's obviously not about Frances Bean Cobain since it was written before she was born.
It's actually about Kurt's sister.
what the fuck is every1's prob with courtney he loved her she loved him. she had nothin 2 do with his death so let it go
its not about frances bean, its about a family who kurt knew who wanted a boy but got a girl
it's like you all knew him personally... sigh
Kurt loved courtney!! Fuck, stop ignoring that fact, even if it would be nice to have someone to blame of kurt's death (well there are a lot of people, but not only courtney).
Just look into the CD cover of incesticide, for exaple. Take a look at Kurt's suicide letter. It's obvious.
@anni well, they WERE in the midst of getting a divorce when he died....
i love this song, this is what nirvana was like back before all kurts heroin/courtney problems. i think incesticides the best cd but nevermind comes really close. anyway the songs just about a girl whos never been accepted by her family. everything shes ever done, every choice shes ever made has been wrong in her parents eyes, even the fact that shes a girl. hence the "she should have been a son" chorus
its about how kurt's father wanted a jock kid and instead got kurt who was more neutral than masculine, so he's joking by using the word she because his father thought he was way too feminine.
its actually up for interpretation because he purposely wrote his songs like that so he wouldn't be slammed. But this song really is about his sister.