"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.
I'm just trying to stay a human being
Sitting in the sun eating ice cream
Texting my friend about a bad, bad dream
Just had to tell someone who knows me
But I don't got time for this cuckoo clock
And I don't wanna go to your Mason lodge
There's nothing more sad than a lynching mob
Full of rational men who believe in God
But nothing makes sense when the wave rolls through
Nothing makes sense when the wave come through
So it could've been me or it could've been you
Whatever's in me is whatever's in you
My neighbor dreams big 'cause his house is small
Says all he needs now is some capital
It's a pirate world, it's a free-for-all
Just take your bright ideas and they make them dull
Now everyone I see I think I've known before
From the opera house to the grocery store
My love for them I cannot ignore
Like a human voice in a quiet morgue
But I don't wanna wear no dead man's suit
I don't wanna wear no dead man's suit
I don't wanna wait until the moon gets blue
I don't wanna wait until the moon turns blue
It's all just a fix, just one little hit
You'll hold it in
Sitting on a plane chewing Nicorette
Paradise lost, haven't found it yet
Will you talk me down if I get upset?
Be the cool washcloth to my fevered head
Because I don't wanna dream if it won't come true
I don't wanna dream if it don't come true
If there's something in me then I guess it's in you
If there's somewhere in me then I know it's in you
Little baby stone
Well, it's all just a fix, just one little hit
You're holding in, you'll hold it in
You're holding in, you'll hold it in
I don't wanna dream if it won't come true
I don't wanna dream if it don't come true
If there's something in me then I know it's in you
If there's somewhere in me then I know it's in you
Whatever happens to me it's going to happen to you
Whatever happens to me it's going to happen to you
Sitting in the sun eating ice cream
Texting my friend about a bad, bad dream
Just had to tell someone who knows me
But I don't got time for this cuckoo clock
And I don't wanna go to your Mason lodge
There's nothing more sad than a lynching mob
Full of rational men who believe in God
But nothing makes sense when the wave rolls through
Nothing makes sense when the wave come through
So it could've been me or it could've been you
Whatever's in me is whatever's in you
My neighbor dreams big 'cause his house is small
Says all he needs now is some capital
It's a pirate world, it's a free-for-all
Just take your bright ideas and they make them dull
Now everyone I see I think I've known before
From the opera house to the grocery store
My love for them I cannot ignore
Like a human voice in a quiet morgue
But I don't wanna wear no dead man's suit
I don't wanna wear no dead man's suit
I don't wanna wait until the moon gets blue
I don't wanna wait until the moon turns blue
It's all just a fix, just one little hit
You'll hold it in
Sitting on a plane chewing Nicorette
Paradise lost, haven't found it yet
Will you talk me down if I get upset?
Be the cool washcloth to my fevered head
Because I don't wanna dream if it won't come true
I don't wanna dream if it don't come true
If there's something in me then I guess it's in you
If there's somewhere in me then I know it's in you
Little baby stone
Well, it's all just a fix, just one little hit
You're holding in, you'll hold it in
You're holding in, you'll hold it in
I don't wanna dream if it won't come true
I don't wanna dream if it don't come true
If there's something in me then I know it's in you
If there's somewhere in me then I know it's in you
Whatever happens to me it's going to happen to you
Whatever happens to me it's going to happen to you
Lyrics submitted by jethrothekid
Nikorette Lyrics as written by Nikohlas Jacob Freitas Conor M Oberst
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I'm not a great fan of the Mystic valley Band myself but to say this is absolute crap is wrong, he's just taken his writing in a different direction and frankly it would be sad if he were still writing "Letting Of The Happiness" (not that I'm saying it was bad) this diffinatly shows more maturity no more of the lost boy trying to find himself.
i strongly disagree with ya, badge
This song is brilliant. I saw him perform it live last week and it was so good. "But everyone I see I think I’ve known before From the opera house to the grocery store My love for them I cannot ignore Like a human voice in a quiet morgue"
i like the line "There’s nothing more sad than a lynching mob Full of rational men who believe in God"
fuckin masons....... jkjk
saw him last night and it was amazing
"It’s all just a fix Just one little hit You’ll hold it in"
weed! i love that the "chorus" seems to be about a hit of marijuana? haha cause you know, you hold it in so you get more high I love conor.
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I love this song soo much! He talked about it being trying to quit smoking at the show. So that's always how I kind of think of it. Makes sense to me, I guess thats not really my own interpretation though. haha.
I think its about more then just quitting smoking though justice. I think he's tying to draw the parallel between quitting smoking and quitting god. - paradise lost haven't found it yet. - he's trying to show how the comforts of religion are a addiction,- just one more hit hold it in, your holding in, I don't wanna dream if it won't come true
'Tis spelled Nikorette.
why isn't it spelled nicorette like the actual product?
Guitar player who sings the "fix" lines name is Nik Freitas, I think that has something to do with it.