"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.
It's all gonna break
When I was a kid, you fucked me in the ass
But I took my pen to paper and I passed
You know I love the shit, 'cause the shit it tastes so good
I got pastures waiting in the woods
'Cause it's all gonna break
It's all gonna break
Treat me like a sign, sounds like so, oh well
I know times like these are the hell
And when you do the tricks, the tricks look so good
I got buried rumors waiting in the woods
And they try to climb awake
And call me over
Skies they rape and skies are sober
Minds they fake and minds rolled over
It's good, it's good, it's good
I know that you're dying
I know that it's true
I know there's seven thousand things you rather be and rather do
And I know that you fuck what you love
And you love what you fuck
I'll keep them out girl, I'll keep it true
I'll do anything inside the skin of you
'Cause I know that the sound of your heart
Is a god I can trust
Like a man
Not a boy
I don't love, I just fight with the violence in ourselves
It's all gonna break
And you all want the lovely music to save your lives
And you all want the lovely music to save your lives
Keep it coming
There is no lie to save your life
Keep it coming
This is the lie to save your life
Why are you always fucking ghosts?
Why are you always fucking ghosts?
Why?
It's been such a long
Life that we trust
Your heart is a whore
And love is just lust
You want what you can't
And you can't cause of fear
We've got to get
Out of here
Why are you always?
Its been and it settles down and fights to love
Its all gonna break
When I was a kid, you fucked me in the ass
But I took my pen to paper and I passed
You know I love the shit, 'cause the shit it tastes so good
I got pastures waiting in the woods
'Cause it's all gonna break
It's all gonna break
Treat me like a sign, sounds like so, oh well
I know times like these are the hell
And when you do the tricks, the tricks look so good
I got buried rumors waiting in the woods
And they try to climb awake
And call me over
Skies they rape and skies are sober
Minds they fake and minds rolled over
It's good, it's good, it's good
I know that you're dying
I know that it's true
I know there's seven thousand things you rather be and rather do
And I know that you fuck what you love
And you love what you fuck
I'll keep them out girl, I'll keep it true
I'll do anything inside the skin of you
'Cause I know that the sound of your heart
Is a god I can trust
Like a man
Not a boy
I don't love, I just fight with the violence in ourselves
It's all gonna break
And you all want the lovely music to save your lives
And you all want the lovely music to save your lives
Keep it coming
There is no lie to save your life
Keep it coming
This is the lie to save your life
Why are you always fucking ghosts?
Why are you always fucking ghosts?
Why?
It's been such a long
Life that we trust
Your heart is a whore
And love is just lust
You want what you can't
And you can't cause of fear
We've got to get
Out of here
Why are you always?
Its been and it settles down and fights to love
Its all gonna break
Lyrics submitted by ApplesInMono, edited by gfriend23
It's All Gonna Break Lyrics as written by Charles Spearin Brendan Canning
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
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I created an account for the sole purpose of responding to this song because there is a big piece of the puzzle that I think a lot of people are missing here.
To understand this song you need to know a little bit about the history of BSS, I highly recommend reading "This Book is Broken: A Broken Social Scene Story" by Stuart Berman. In short, at the time that the self-titled album was recorded, BSS was on the brink of imploding. Kevin Drew's marriage was failing (which brought us the song Superconnected), the band had been on tour for almost three years straight, and various romantic relationships in the collective were straining the very friendships the band revolved around (read: Feist was hooking up with Kevin despite her long on-again-off-again relationship with Andrew Whiteman). The recording process for this record was also significantly more stressful than it was for You Forgot it in People, due to heightened expectations and fragmentation as a result of the many subsidiary bands within BSS going on tour for themselves. The band was literally about to break.
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The lyrics are gritty, explicit, and evocative of many terrible feelings, but they need to be. This song would not be what it is without the disturbing imagery. It is a vivid snapshot into the mindset of BSS at their darkest moment.
i just made an account to reply to this. haha. i like your explanation of this song. it seems to make sense with not only the lyrics, but also the flow and build-up/ break out of the song. almost like bss is discussing their problems and solving them all in one song. either way this songs really good.
its all gonna break. when i was a kid, you fucked me in the ass but i took my pen to paper and i passed you know i love the shit cause the shit it tastes so good, i got pastures waiting in the woods......... its all gonna break treat me like a sign, sounds like so/oh well i know times like these are the hell and when you do the tricks, the tricks look so good i got buried rumors waiting in the woods, and they try to climb awake and call me over, skies they rape and skies are sober. minds they fake and minds rolled over it's good, it's good, it's good.
i know your dying i know it's true i know theirs seven thousand things you rather be and rather do, and i know........that you fuck what you love and you love what you fuck.
i'll keep them out girl, i'll keep it true i'll do anything inside the skin of you cause i know that the sound of your heart is a god i can trust, like a man , not a boy i don't love i just fight with the violence in ourselves its all gonna break and you all want the lovely music to save your lives and you all want the lovely music to save your lives keep it coming their is no lie to save your life keep it coming this is the lie to save your life why are you always fucking ghosts why are you always fucking ghosts why......... it's been such a long life that we trust your heart is a whore and love is just lust. you want what you can't and you can't cause of fear we've got to get out of here why are you always......... its been and it settles down and fights to love. its all gonna break.
Those are the lyrics from the website
9 minutes and 55 seconds.
I don't think I've ever skipped through a second of it.
greatest ending to any CD I have ever heard.
best BSS song imo
one of the best songs ever
I just listened to this song (the version on "Broken Social Scene" while my 4-year-old was pushing the buttons on a Dora the Explorer van (French version) and the resulting melodic combination took me out into the most sublime level of ecstaspace! I highly recommend you try this.
Yeah it's a pretty fucked up song, but I don't care if anyone hears me listening to it, because most of the people I know have, shitty taste in music anyways and don't pay attention to the lyrics in my music. Haha.
are you kidding? the lyrics aren't disgusting; it's real and its raw and theres so much passion dripping from the words it's insane. i like how broken social scene has beautiful music but doesn't paint a picture portrait in all their lyrics because life really never roles that way.
are you kidding? the lyrics aren't disgusting; it's real and its raw and theres so much passion dripping from the words it's insane. i like how broken social scene has beautiful music but doesn't paint a picture portrait in all their lyrics because life really never roles that way.
It tells a story, i do believe.
I love it.