"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.
Isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
There isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
Isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
There isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in the freshest wave
But to provide for mine who ask
I will with heart on my father's grave
I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in the freshest wave
But to provide for mine who ask
I will with heart on my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls
There isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in the freshest wave
But to provide for mine who ask
I will with heart on my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
There isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
Isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
There isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in the freshest wave
But to provide for mine who ask
I will with heart on my father's grave
I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in the freshest wave
But to provide for mine who ask
I will with heart on my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls
There isn't much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in the freshest wave
But to provide for mine who ask
I will with heart on my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
On my father's grave
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things
Like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls (ahoo)
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There isn't much that I feel I need A solid soul and the blood I bleed With a little girl, and by my spouse I only want a proper house
I don't care for fancy things Or to take part in the vicious race But to provide, for one who asks, I will, with heart, on my father's grave
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thanks I think these are more accurate
i think it's my father's graCe. makes more sense because it rhymes with race and all that
I think it's "on my fathers grave" but animal collective are excellent at making things sound different. It also sounds like "by my father's grace" Excellent vocalists. I'm pretty sure these are the most accurate after listening to this song a hundred times.
It's "father's grave", if you listen when it's repeated after the verse, you can hear <br /> "grave" much clearer.
wow, I thought it was "I will work hard on the proper stage" this whole entire time. God I feel like an idiot when trying to interpret animal collective lyrics! They always cleverly seperate syllabals at random beats, its like impossible to define their lyrics word for word. I thought it made sense for "work hard on the proper stage" meaning he will provide for his family through his career..?<br /> But then again father's grave makes sense too, its a stronger promise. <br /> :)<br />
Its also FRESHEST WAVE and not vicious race
beautiful. i love how they're writing more about family and home now that they've got them. it shows such maturity and grace without ever once taking away from animal collective's essence. i fucking love them.
I totally agree.
me too. it's so interesting to watch them evolve from album to album. very rarely does domestic life sound so fulfilling.
this song is beautiful for just that reason.
@dynagirl Whenever the girly girl talks about a guy's maturity or even maturity in general, , she means that he is finally freely and willingly providing for her...
transcendent...
pretty obvious that it's about what panda bear or whoever wrote it wants in life. a small family, and a good house for his wife and daughter to live in.
the chorus is amazing. so is the rest of the song.
thats exactly what this songs about.. panda bear chillin with his girls (married w/ a daughter of his own)... forthereverendgreen u r a bonehead.. what do mean he's gay? u fuck him??<br /> <br /> congrats r in order for u
Stop saying he's gay unless you have some sort of proof, please.
I don't know if there is any debate here, but Panda Bear is married and has a child, so I'm pretty positive that he is not gay.
ssshhhh kids, forthereverendgreen is a troll.
avay and panda have obviously matured alot i absolutely love aveys vocals in the backround and then the part after "adobe slabs for my girls" where you hear b'DUM DUM OWWW!!!! just gives me the chills (:
with so many other AC songs spewing absurd groupings of words, this is one that actually comes off blunt and direct in every way. With the group now growing and starting families, this tune is a reflection on domesticated lifestyle that's to come, and the minimal requirements they aspire to have: contentment with self, wife and children that live well and happy, and a place to rest bones at the end of the day. nothing extravagant or sublime, just the standard house-that-can-be-called-a-home type of deal. Adobe is one of the more basic substances used to build houses and has been around for thousands of years, so it seems like what's going on inside the house is more important thn its actual appearance.
the one line of note I find interesting is that they refer to their social status as a "material thing." maybe that classification goes beyond the average definition of material, as if social status is a reflection of the material things they may have, and therefore is of no importance. either way, a gem of many sorts and one of the stronger numbers on Merriweather.
The first line of the final verse is "I don't need to seem like I care about material things, like a social stance". Trust me, I've just scrutinised the lyrics through my very expensive headphones! :)
It's a simple commentary about the way a lot of people pin a lot of importance on getting the latest gadgets, the shiniest new car etc. People treat getting into the latest gear as a 'social stance'. He's saying all that's important to him is that he has a home with his family.
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anco is shit<br />
i thought he was saying a "silent soul"...like, he was at peace or something.
smoking a dube and listening to this song is like you want to hug the whole world.