"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.
When you lie, kiss your baby bye bye bye
And if you're true, the whole wide world will laugh with you
When we see nothing's wrong with you and me
Time will tell, it might even bring a wedding bell
If you think that I'm a loser
Well you suck, 'cause you know I ain't nothin' but a user
Of your love I can't get enough
Girl it's true, the whole wide world is smiling with you
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Sometimes I know, and sometimes I'm on the go
But I'm comin' back, so don't give me no flack, yeah
It's all you, and it's me too
And it's your world, you's the girl, you's the girl
Happier than shit, things that might go click with me
Click with you, is that love? Is that love, ohhh...
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Watch the little daisies grow, little daisies grow
Now just push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Watch them grow, watch them grow
As I push the little daisies and make 'em come up
Make 'em come up, make 'em come up,
Make 'em come up, say
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
And if you're true, the whole wide world will laugh with you
When we see nothing's wrong with you and me
Time will tell, it might even bring a wedding bell
If you think that I'm a loser
Well you suck, 'cause you know I ain't nothin' but a user
Of your love I can't get enough
Girl it's true, the whole wide world is smiling with you
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Sometimes I know, and sometimes I'm on the go
But I'm comin' back, so don't give me no flack, yeah
It's all you, and it's me too
And it's your world, you's the girl, you's the girl
Happier than shit, things that might go click with me
Click with you, is that love? Is that love, ohhh...
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Watch the little daisies grow, little daisies grow
Now just push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Watch them grow, watch them grow
As I push the little daisies and make 'em come up
Make 'em come up, make 'em come up,
Make 'em come up, say
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
Push th' little daisies and make 'em come up
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i think this song doesn't really have a meaning, but the daises are "nipples" and you push and play with them and make them come up?
haha, this song is definitly about boomin' no doubt about it... especially if you watch the music vid... they eat a huge bag of shrooms and just trip out.. the song is much better... and funnier when on mushrooms
"Yes, this song is about tripping so freaking hard"
WRONG
"haha, this song is definitly about boomin' no doubt about it... especially if you watch the music vid... they eat a huge bag of shrooms and just trip out.. the song is much better... and funnier when on mushrooms"
Not true, they do not fry in the video... They were actully at their house (the pod) and people just came over to shoot their video... They were unprepared so they did random stuff not including frying balls......
So what is the song about?????
"i think this song doesn't really have a meaning, but the daises are "nipples" and you push and play with them and make them come up?"
Spoongirl nailed it, And if you dont believe me check out weenftp, they have audio clips of a radio interview (and a live radio performance of freedom of 76') and some guy called and asked what the song push the little daisies was about, their responce was nipples.
It pisses me off because everybody's concusions of ween lyrics ends up being along the lines of "Its about tripping really really hard on __"
Yeah Aaron and Mickey did a lot of drugs (and even wrote a few songs about drugs hence morning glory) but their songs are not about tripping... They might be inspired by tripping but they have some meaning that does not involve drugs.... SO STOP SAYING WEEN SONGS ARE ABOUT DRUGS AND TRIPPING!
@boognish_rising <br /> <br /> Here's a clip of the radio show, Ween Live at NYC, NY @ Modern Rock Live Radio Show on 1994-00-00 skip to 4:07
???????? ole! Haha right on ur right ????!
???????? thank u for mentioning cuz it's fukin true! I mean there's several ways to look at the lyrics but to me it's like damn the man like everything else like when you're feeling like shit life sucks push noise/fuckers out of your way - face thrm/it ????????????it - watch em and be u trippinor not [now it's all about the ;tricks/25 yrs agooóo - acid and good times e buds -seriusly they are DEEP n help connect w like minded people who go thru shit while neeeding a good time! Cuz ''when the going gets tough from the get-go-GO-MANg Go!
That's right bro - t'ks #mang 4 sharing the kick ass comment [[deep lrtics trip as beats = awesomesauuuucr goodness stewa!] 12.5 yrs sober/clean and as a RECOVERY CHICK I was just 29 WTF ? POINT ☝️? I am still an avid Ween fan - I used to hit acid / booze really hard so it's about the lyrics 'mang' u right they're deep in AF- that's it I'm out - ✌️????"geriatric millenial" aka 'TMI''r- V✨????
Lmao..I love this song! the meaning's hard to determine, though. seems like a mixture between a love song and a death song o_O
Actually Spoongirl, "Pushing Daisies" is a reference to being dead and buried, ie. your rotting corpse provides food for the flowers on your grave to grow.
i love this song it remindes me of me and my mum driving and singing it the top of our lungs. Some kid at school back in the day told me it was about taking mushrooms i'm not sure though
Yes, this song is about tripping so freaking hard.
i thought so, how could it not be
"Actually Spoongirl, "Pushing Daisies" is a reference to being dead and buried" WRONG! Spoongirl is right. The Daisies in this song are indeed a reference to nipples.
how so?