"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.
You say you want to be friends,
start over, try again?
Well, things will never be the way they were back then.
Things were never how you wanted,
I couldn't think of you that way.
Now, if you take one step closer I will take two steps away.
Maybe you need affection,
I'd like to help you but I can't stand when you're around:
fuck you very much.
Maybe you need to talk,
but you betrayed my trust.
Friends was not good enough?
Fuck You Very Much.
You can always claim you're straightedge,
go ahead and dye your hair.
You won't get more attention from me,
'cause I will never fucking care.
I try to remain secret,
shooting away and hiding out,
but you always track me down.
Open your eyes and figure it out.
I'm not trying again.
I'm sick of seeing you.
Don't wanna be your friend.
I wish you'd go away.
start over, try again?
Well, things will never be the way they were back then.
Things were never how you wanted,
I couldn't think of you that way.
Now, if you take one step closer I will take two steps away.
Maybe you need affection,
I'd like to help you but I can't stand when you're around:
fuck you very much.
Maybe you need to talk,
but you betrayed my trust.
Friends was not good enough?
Fuck You Very Much.
You can always claim you're straightedge,
go ahead and dye your hair.
You won't get more attention from me,
'cause I will never fucking care.
I try to remain secret,
shooting away and hiding out,
but you always track me down.
Open your eyes and figure it out.
I'm not trying again.
I'm sick of seeing you.
Don't wanna be your friend.
I wish you'd go away.
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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obvious song meaning... but the title? any guesses?
Isn't a crop tub where they used to make beer during prohibition? I'm not that sure, tho, and I dont know what that has to do with the song itself.
people grow pot in bath tubs. CROP tubs? it also talks about someone lying about being straight edge. so obvious...
When Davey Was A Teenager He Used To Work At A Potato Farm.. so mabye thats what the root of the TITLE is Crop Tub
its pretty obvious a girl broke his heart and only wants to be friends but now she wants 2 start over but she hurt him too much and doesnt want to so she tries to be something shes not to try to apeal to him thats where the line about being a straightedge comes in .davey probably called it crop tub b/c when he was a teenager he worked at a potato farm and is sayng he was with the girl when he was a teen
I don't think it's about a girl necessarily. I think it's about someone who claimed to be straight edge, but was doing drugs in secret.
Yeah, I don't think it's necessarily about a girl either....
yeh i dont reckon is about a girl. just a guy that lyed about being straight edge
kevin is fuckin gay...what a gaybo...god hes gay...