"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 D.A. is dressed to the nines
In the mirror he practices all his lines
To his closing argument twelve hearts beat in favor
I'm guessing that he read the morning paper
The headline reads: "The man hangs, but the jury doesn't."
And everybody's looking for relief
The United States versus disbelief
Mothers cast tears on both sides of the aisle
From face to wall the body falls like bachelors or bad luck girls
Only breathing with the aid of the knife
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can't lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
He glances at his pew seating seven to twelve stacked
On one to six the gallery is hushed
Boys in three pieces dream of girls' daring and bravado
The city streets in a cell not withstanding what we all know
Hang on the rope of baited breath
Whichever you prefer
And everyone's looking for relief
A bidding war for an old friend's grief
The calls for chique, the calls for charm
Another girl that's not aware but that can make you comprehend
Too well dressed for the witness stand
The best place for whichever headlines run
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
First class suit and tie
I'm desperate
Sing and die
Can talk my way out of anything
The foreman reads the verdict and the above-entitled actions
We find the defendant (guilty)
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can left his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
Case open, case shut
That you could be the cause of that casket
Baby boy can left his head and he cares
Isn't it tragic?
In the mirror he practices all his lines
To his closing argument twelve hearts beat in favor
I'm guessing that he read the morning paper
The headline reads: "The man hangs, but the jury doesn't."
And everybody's looking for relief
The United States versus disbelief
Mothers cast tears on both sides of the aisle
From face to wall the body falls like bachelors or bad luck girls
Only breathing with the aid of the knife
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can't lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
He glances at his pew seating seven to twelve stacked
On one to six the gallery is hushed
Boys in three pieces dream of girls' daring and bravado
The city streets in a cell not withstanding what we all know
Hang on the rope of baited breath
Whichever you prefer
And everyone's looking for relief
A bidding war for an old friend's grief
The calls for chique, the calls for charm
Another girl that's not aware but that can make you comprehend
Too well dressed for the witness stand
The best place for whichever headlines run
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
First class suit and tie
I'm desperate
Sing and die
Can talk my way out of anything
The foreman reads the verdict and the above-entitled actions
We find the defendant (guilty)
Case open, case shut
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can left his headache head
Isn't it tragic?
Case open, case shut
That you could be the cause of that casket
Baby boy can left his head and he cares
Isn't it tragic?
Lyrics submitted by shrodes, edited by Mellow_Harsher, odard, Elitemarshal, nadine1993, FoB12345
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I believe the original title to this was "Law & Order," about Fred Hampton, Jr.
"And the above entitled actions we find the defendent, Guilty, guilty, guilty"
The missing line starts with "the verdict falls..."
I thought that lyrics wouldn't get posted if question marks were inserted. Hmm.
Anyway, Second favorite song off this album. I love the vocals in this. As far as the lyrics themselves, they are slightly hard to get at first, especially that second line in the chorus. There is something said before the "pain." I also love the guest singing, (I forget who it was, whether it was one of the guys from New Found Glory or Panic), but either way, I love it.
Guest vocalist is Butch Walker, supposedly.
Pretty obvious what the song is about, generally. "And everyone's looking for relief, United States versus disbelief" That's about people trying to get out of jury duty.
"He glances at his peers sitting seven to twelve, Stacked on one to six- The gallery is hushed." The defendant probably seeing the jury members - seven to twelve sit in the back row, therefore "stacked on" one to six. And they're all quiet.
"And everyone's looking for relief A bidding war for an old friend's grief The call for kid, the cosmic charm" First line is about jury duty again. "A bidding war for an old friend's grief, The call for the kid, the cosmic charm" could be either using a friend who might be sick or soemthing to get out of jury duty and then putting on the charm to make people believe, or something totally unrelated to jury duty.
And that's as much as I feel like analyzing. Haha. I dunno, that's just what I get out of it.
I'm 99% certain that the missing line after "Clear your throat..." is "The verdict falls like bachelors and bad luck girls".
'the trial is fred hampton jr. but as a metaphor.'
from petes blog
Yes, because the whole point is, Fred Hampton Jr. never actually got a trial, basically, he was an activist, and the FBI and state police went to his house and he was killed. Whether this was murder or not is a topic of much debate.
well i guess everyone got the definition then. =D I love the title very much. I'm really loving the new FOB material; im so relieved they didnt let me down.
"Yes, because the whole point is, Fred Hampton Jr. never actually got a trial, basically, he was an activist, and the FBI and state police went to his house and he was killed. Whether this was murder or not is a topic of much debate."
I think that you are talking about Fred Hampton Jr.'s father. His father was killed by the Chicago police. Fred Hampton Jr. was in jail for 18 years on arson charges and was paroled in 2001.