"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.
The indie kids are a bunch of snobs, they complain
my timing's all off
I think timing is for stupid fucks! why do they think I
play PUNK ROCK?!?!
Steve Albini playing god of indie haven, stupid dorks
keeping time in seven and eleven!
Indie sux, Hard-line sux, Emo sux, YOU SUCK! X2
I'm not a vegan and I have had sex, so some hard-line
kids tried to kick my ass
If you're not like them they want to clean your clock
They're nothing but a bunch of jocks!
They're anti-choice, they're fascist youth, their songs
all sound like metal tunes!
Indie sux, Hard-line sux, Emo sux, YOU SUCK! X2
But what about punk rock?
What ABOUT punk rock? ha ha ha ha ha
I've been told emo songs are deep, which translates
into REALLY WEAK!
All they ever do is cry, did something get caught in
their eyes?
I just can't understand it all, even I don't only
bawl...
(Boo-hoo-hoo...)
(Be a man)
(..My girlfriend dumped me... whimper
snivel... and I'm really hurt...)
Indie sux, Hard-line sux, Emo sux, YOU SUCK! X2
It sucks, you suck, they suck, you suck, they suck, you suck,
it sucks, you suck, it sucks, you suck, it sucks, you suck, it sucks
my timing's all off
I think timing is for stupid fucks! why do they think I
play PUNK ROCK?!?!
Steve Albini playing god of indie haven, stupid dorks
keeping time in seven and eleven!
Indie sux, Hard-line sux, Emo sux, YOU SUCK! X2
I'm not a vegan and I have had sex, so some hard-line
kids tried to kick my ass
If you're not like them they want to clean your clock
They're nothing but a bunch of jocks!
They're anti-choice, they're fascist youth, their songs
all sound like metal tunes!
Indie sux, Hard-line sux, Emo sux, YOU SUCK! X2
But what about punk rock?
What ABOUT punk rock? ha ha ha ha ha
I've been told emo songs are deep, which translates
into REALLY WEAK!
All they ever do is cry, did something get caught in
their eyes?
I just can't understand it all, even I don't only
bawl...
(Boo-hoo-hoo...)
(Be a man)
(..My girlfriend dumped me... whimper
snivel... and I'm really hurt...)
Indie sux, Hard-line sux, Emo sux, YOU SUCK! X2
It sucks, you suck, they suck, you suck, they suck, you suck,
it sucks, you suck, it sucks, you suck, it sucks, you suck, it sucks
Lyrics submitted by anti-flagmaggot
Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck! Lyrics as written by Patrick C. Bollinger Justin Cathal Geever
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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I agree with uncgurl, you need to relax chelsea, this isn't exactly a serious song, it's just a joke. And by the way, you used a double negative.