"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've got a mild fascination for collectors
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
Where'd you find all that time,
A place for everything in the house?
I've got a mild fascination for collectors.
Your girlfriend says it's time to sell,
But everything it fits so well.
Rosewood from '75
That Seaboard reciever lost an eye.
One shrunken head from Africa,
Your girlfriend says you better not.
You don't believe in superstition,
You find the lord in repetition.
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
Where'd you find all that time,
A place for everything in the house?
I've got a mild fascination for collectors.
A peice of wood from Noah's Ark,
A thing collected from the start.
And if there is another flood,
Your house will float on Noah's wood.
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
Where'd you find all that time,
A place for everything in the house?
I've got a mild fascination for collectors.
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
Where'd you find all that time,
A place for everything in the house?
I've got a mild fascination for collectors.
Your girlfriend says it's time to sell,
But everything it fits so well.
Rosewood from '75
That Seaboard reciever lost an eye.
One shrunken head from Africa,
Your girlfriend says you better not.
You don't believe in superstition,
You find the lord in repetition.
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
Where'd you find all that time,
A place for everything in the house?
I've got a mild fascination for collectors.
A peice of wood from Noah's Ark,
A thing collected from the start.
And if there is another flood,
Your house will float on Noah's wood.
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
I've got a mild fascination for collectors
Where'd you find all that time,
A place for everything in the house?
I've got a mild fascination for collectors.
Lyrics submitted by splendidisolation, edited by erikjohnnn
Collector Lyrics as written by Kristina Lieberson Jennifer Turner
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your statement pretty much says it all
I think it's "your girlfriend says it's time to sell"
what are they saying in the background over and over?
They are saying "the Chinese took your money." It might be my favorite line of 2010.
I'm pretty sure it's "if you see something try and pick it up". if you listen to the live performances it's pretty clear.
Almost positive it's "if you see it pick it up"
"You see something shiny, pick it up." - watch it live.
this song is too good
i feel they are talking about compulsive hoarders
I just love the idea of your girlfriend says its time to sell but everything it fits so well. It always seems that way in relationships. It so liberating to have someone else who feels the same way thanks I think the magic is working