"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.
Walk through the streets of PA and you may see her.
Go up to her and say you're a believer.
Disgusting trash on MTV it makes her smile.
That guy from Satan's embassy put him on trial.
Because... Marilyn Manson ate my girlfriend.
Satan consumed her mind, and he may do it again.
Marylin Manson ate my girlfriend.
She once believed in the truth, now she believes in sin.
She denies God when she has the chance to live for him.
The thought of it makes me cringe.
Her future looks dim.
She'd rather gaze in Satan's eyes than on a steeple.
I'm really starting to despise beautiful people.
Go up to her and say you're a believer.
Disgusting trash on MTV it makes her smile.
That guy from Satan's embassy put him on trial.
Because... Marilyn Manson ate my girlfriend.
Satan consumed her mind, and he may do it again.
Marylin Manson ate my girlfriend.
She once believed in the truth, now she believes in sin.
She denies God when she has the chance to live for him.
The thought of it makes me cringe.
Her future looks dim.
She'd rather gaze in Satan's eyes than on a steeple.
I'm really starting to despise beautiful people.
Lyrics submitted by x_melancholy_x
My Girlfriend Lyrics as written by Matthew Arnold Thiessen Brian Lee Pittman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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This is a pretty fucked up song. These pussies are using Manson as a metaphor for all the "evil" things in the world. And about how his "girl" is now influenced by all of it. First of all, these kids have NO musical talent... just wanted to throw that out there. Second, nothing about Manson's music has anything to do with evil, satan, or devil worshiping. How are they going to attack Manson without ever having heard any of his songs?? Idiots. They have no right to judge, but I DO have a right to call them retards, because I'm not judging, I'm just going by a simple equasion: This song contradicts itself, therefore they are retarded cunts.
The Bible says DO NOT judge. So then they judge "Marilyn Manson et al." in a song about how people like him are bad, and how the Bible and Christ are good. That's called being a mindless hypocrite and contradicting yourself, thus, making an ass-clown out of yourself.
Not only that, but they are completely wrong in their judgements. His songs are all satire, political, or personal. Pretty normal stuff.
This is why I hate religion, and hate religious people on a personal level. Lyrics like this are just trash, and don't belong in society whatsoever. I'm not even that big of a Manson fan. I like his lyrics, and he's very musically talented, it's just that his sound is usually not my cup of tea. I enjoy some of it though.
Not only is this song extremely hateful and stupid, but also, the lyrics could've easily been written by a five-year-old. Literally.
she likes mtvvvvvvv and bad stuffffff but she needs godddddddddd blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Wow.
But yeah, Relient K are idiots, and on a side-note, suck at music. The music part isn't their fault. Some people just suck at it, like them. But respect is something from sunday school that they obviously decided to disregard. They really need to be put in their place and learn to "respect your neighbor as yourself". WWJD?????
If you're gonna take a shot at someone - go ahead. Believe me, I'm all for taking shots at people and being confrontational. But first make sure you have a reason to, and not just do it because "Marilyn Manson has black hair and sca-wy make up and that's bad because that's what the DEVILLL looks like in my picture bible."
its just a song you fucking faggot. bet you would love manson's balls in your mouth.
its just a song you fucking faggot. bet you would love manson's balls in your mouth.
Keep in mind that Thiessen and Hoopes wrote this in 1997-98, when Marilyn Manson was a big thing to be scared of (despite his lyrics being, as you said, very standard for '90s shock rock) and when they were teenagers who just entered into the world.<br /> <br /> There's the pun - "I'm starting to despise beautiful people" - that dates the song around that time. Probably heard horror stories about the Antichrist Superstar and its big breakthrough hit "Beautiful People," so they wrote the song to deal with said confusion and found it catchy and controversial enough (TobyMac was against its inclusion on the album) to be on the first album.<br /> <br /> Now, when you ask Thiessen about it, he'll probably say, "Heh, I was young."<br /> <br /> It's the obvious beginning of a songwriter.