"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.
cats and christ
put you in a tiny box that's filled with our victims who
can't explain how they love their moms
and all the hands that retreat
they try to slip right down their pussy
but theres nothing that you thought is long
but you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
slice my eyes
took me through another night that goes all night through
tries to sieze what their hearts have lost
my best friend took me in
and laid me down beside my own sin
and I said "can you
please forgive the love?"
but you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
put you in a tiny box that's filled with our victims who
can't explain how they love their moms
and all the hands that retreat
they try to slip right down their pussy
but theres nothing that you thought is long
but you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
slice my eyes
took me through another night that goes all night through
tries to sieze what their hearts have lost
my best friend took me in
and laid me down beside my own sin
and I said "can you
please forgive the love?"
but you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
you are too beautiful to fuck
you're too beautiful
Lyrics submitted by clockwrist
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"but theres nothing that you thought was wrong"
That's wrong, I know. I can't figure out what it is. Anyone?
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the random noise in the middle is genius. kind of sounds like...broken glass and...porn?
classic kevin drew and bss.
too lazy atm. but really want to lyrics to gangbang suicide and frightening lives
and I said "can you please forgive the love?"
so awesome
i hear "my best friend took me in and laid me down beside my own sin."
This will be an awesome album I just know it
This will be an awesome album I just know it
this song amazing
i hear "my best friend took me in and laid me down beside my own sin."
agreed.
this song is too beautiful to fuck. you must make sweet sweet love to it.