"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.
Get away from me and so she said
You`re like a social disease
I`m so tired of being afraid you
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
You could be anywhere
See yourself standing there
She`s my death She`s my death
He can`t stop imposing himself on her
He likes the way that she is
His heart beats, fingers all over her
His dirty breath smells of beer
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
You could be anywhere
See yourself standing there
She`s my death She`s my death
Come a little closer to me
Come a little nearer
She works late so she can keep away
Too scared to go to the police
So young he`s working her like a dog
One day while she was searching there
She came across a new toy
Her eyes filled as she loaded the weapon
Her mind racing she cried
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
You could be anywhere
See yourself standing there
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
She`s my death
She`s my death
Death
She`s my death
Death
You`re like a social disease
I`m so tired of being afraid you
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
You could be anywhere
See yourself standing there
She`s my death She`s my death
He can`t stop imposing himself on her
He likes the way that she is
His heart beats, fingers all over her
His dirty breath smells of beer
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
You could be anywhere
See yourself standing there
She`s my death She`s my death
Come a little closer to me
Come a little nearer
She works late so she can keep away
Too scared to go to the police
So young he`s working her like a dog
One day while she was searching there
She came across a new toy
Her eyes filled as she loaded the weapon
Her mind racing she cried
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
You could be anywhere
See yourself standing there
Save yourself look and see
Think about it, sweet sixteen
She`s my death
She`s my death
Death
She`s my death
Death
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Sweet16 Lyrics as written by Jon Lee Grant Nicholas
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Classic Feeder song, first heard on Gran Turismo and loved it since.
Does this song cover the exact same subject matter as Nickelback's "Never Again"?
never again is about domestic violence but thats more direct, but i think this could also be, but its not really clear best song on the gt soundtrack
great tune, but these are the wrong lyrics, there are bits missing
this song made gran turismo and it made feeder what they are today. mint song to bomb along too in a class car on gran turismo! come on sony get feeder to do gran turismo 4's sound track!
this song made gran turismo and it made feeder what they are today. mint song to bomb along too in a class car on gran turismo! come on sony get feeder to do gran turismo 4's sound track!
apparently, it's about incest! he wrote it about these people who worked with him...that is just wrong!
Yes this song is deffinantly about incest look at the lyrics its all there....its a shame that sort of thing happens and its sick. Its and evil that should be iradiacted. but yer its also an amazing song the one that made gran turismo as so many of u have pointed out and its what got me into feeder
but i really mean it the incest it is so wrong it must be stopped, we must stop this sort of thing
They are correct now I submitted the correct ones. =) This song is brilliant, probably Feeder's best. All the ones picked for Gran Turismo rule. ^_^