"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.
Breakin' the static, a life automatic
Everyone mad about you
Look like a dirty old bruise
Face like a faded tattoo
Life imitated, it's only faded
Tired of waitin' on you
What did you want me to do
Sit here and dream about
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
You know you're better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah you know I'm better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Now that you're sane and
The picture you painted
Don't really look much like you
Little more long in the tooth
Whaddya you know about truth?
Is it there and it's just interferin'
Life isn't fair but I knew
What if I'm haunted by you every time that I
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
You know you're better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah you know I'm better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
You are my favorite disaster
Finally time to clear the air
Just don't forget to breathe
Please don't forget to breathe
Everyone's better off this way
So take it away! Take it away!
Take it away!
You know you're better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah you know I'm better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Just don't forget to breathe
Please don't forget to breathe
Everyone's better off this way
So take it away! Take it away!
Take it away!
Go!
Everyone mad about you
Look like a dirty old bruise
Face like a faded tattoo
Life imitated, it's only faded
Tired of waitin' on you
What did you want me to do
Sit here and dream about
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
You know you're better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah you know I'm better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Now that you're sane and
The picture you painted
Don't really look much like you
Little more long in the tooth
Whaddya you know about truth?
Is it there and it's just interferin'
Life isn't fair but I knew
What if I'm haunted by you every time that I
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
You know you're better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah you know I'm better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
You are my favorite disaster
Finally time to clear the air
Just don't forget to breathe
Please don't forget to breathe
Everyone's better off this way
So take it away! Take it away!
Take it away!
You know you're better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah you know I'm better off
You bastard, bastard, bastard
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Just don't forget to breathe
Please don't forget to breathe
Everyone's better off this way
So take it away! Take it away!
Take it away!
Go!
Lyrics submitted by intothegrinder2
Better Off Lyrics as written by Taylor Hawkins David Eric Grohl
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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about the lyrics... "You are my favorite disaster." The relation was a disaster, but it was his/her favorite one. They didn't fit after all, so "You know we're better off".
but what i really want to know: "What did you want me to do, sit here and dream about... Oh no, oh no, oh no!" "What if I'm haunted by you, every time that I... Oh no, oh no, oh no!"
What could the lyrics be if it didn't turn to "Oh no"?
DrTrunks<br /> <br /> The lyrics,<br /> <br /> "What did you want me to to, sit here and dream about...<br /> Oh no, Oh no, Oh no!"<br /> "What if I'm haunted by you, every time that I...<br /> Oh no, oh no, oh no!"<br /> <br /> <br /> I believe its up to us. Like you posted, it could be about any kind of relationship love/family/friends/work/crap boss and if its a bad deal to have that person/work in your life make it go away. Don't sit there and dream about how it would/could be if that issue was gone.<br /> <br /> The "oh,no's" could be what we think, like I'm not going to sit around thinking about how I miss/hate you, Oh no I have better things to do.<br /> <br /> There are lot of ideas what this song could mean, for all we know it could be about someone over coming drug or alcoholism.<br /> <br /> Its a great song.