"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.
In times of bella foe fa lies cobalt cast and clean.
I gotta motor fare the wheel real fast and fear.
Tri-jacking blackened for moi, handcuffs and special keys.
Triple lies and neckties divide. This will be his size.
Throw my case of Plasticine down. Maybe after you won't let it.
Ain't about to pick my rounds. This is in my way.
Plop is fast as my hole's down. Green glass and most of all.
Been around the somber town, maybe in the wall.
I gotta motor fare the wheel real fast and fear.
Tri-jacking blackened for moi, handcuffs and special keys.
Triple lies and neckties divide. This will be his size.
Throw my case of Plasticine down. Maybe after you won't let it.
Ain't about to pick my rounds. This is in my way.
Plop is fast as my hole's down. Green glass and most of all.
Been around the somber town, maybe in the wall.
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Fast Car
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King Buzzo probably has the worst illiteration (sp?) out of any other singer in the music world but he's still as awesome as hell.
It sounds like a song about being bored in a small town and stealing cars for fun and possibly drinking while doing so.
Whatever the meaning of these lyrics, this is one of the best Melvins songs. King B doesn't seem to appreciate literacy, but he sure rocks !
Whatever the meaning of these lyrics, this is one of the best Melvins songs. King B doesn't seem to appreciate literacy, but he sure rocks !
First of all, I have the lyrics slightly different:
Eight times of fel-an-fo-fi Like cobalt cast and clean I got a mojo felt the wheel Real fashion Tri-jack it black it for more Handcuffs with special keys Triple locked and been down defiled It's a V.S.I.
Throw a case of plasticine down, Baby I can immolate And it's rotten in my rounds This is in my way I'm as fast as my home town Green glass it most of all Been around this foreign cage VIllage in the wall.
IN my opinion, this song is about small-town boredom and rebellion, looking back on it from a later perspective, and asking yourself what you accomplished in the necessity of breaking away from what people tried to make you, and what you almost allowed yourself to be.
First of all, I have the lyrics slightly different:
Eight times of fel-an-fo-fi Like cobalt cast and clean I got a mojo felt the wheel Real fashion Tri-jack it black it for more Handcuffs with special keys Triple locked and been down defiled It's a V.S.I.
Throw a case of plasticine down, Baby I can immolate And it's rotten in my rounds This is in my way I'm as fast as my home town Green glass it most of all Been around this foreign cage VIllage in the wall.
IN my opinion, this song is about small-town boredom and rebellion, looking back on it from a later perspective, and asking yourself what you accomplished in the necessity of breaking away from what people tried to make you, and what you almost allowed yourself to be.
alliteration
UN-FRIGGIN'-REAL!!! I think maybe before ya go & hate on the King, Y'all should try getting the lyrics correct. P.s. Your favorite band is Robert Palmer
@Snowmahng I agree with ya, but ya know they won't. Much easier to hate and talk smack than to try to make shiz right. P.S. Their favorite hand is Rosy Palmer.