"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.
Eating snowflakes with plastic forks
And a paper plate of course, you think of everything
Short love with a long divorce
And a couple of kids of course, they don't mean anything
Live in trailers with no class
Goddamn I hope I can pass high school, means nothing
Taking heartache with hard work
Goddamn I am such a jerk, I can't do anything
And I shout that you're all snakes (FAKES!)
And you should of seen the look on your face
And I guess thats what it takes, when comparing your bellyaches
And it's been a long time, which agrees with this watch of mine
And I guess that I miss you, and I'm sorry If I dissed you
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
Eating snowflakes with plastic forks
And a paper plate of course, you think of everything
Short love with a long divorce
And a couple of kids of course, they DON'T MEAN ANYTHING!
Taking heartache with hard work
Goddamn I am such a jerk, I can't do anything
Live in trailers with no class
Goddamn I hope I can pass high school, means nothing
And I shout that you're all fakes (FAKES!)
And you should of seen the look on your face
And I guess thats what it takes, when comparing your bellyaches
And it's been a long time, which agrees with this watch of mine
And I guess that I miss you, and I'm sorry If I dissed you
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And you spend the most of your life looking for the adult you are
And you spend the rest of your life looking for, looking for the child that you were
And you spend the most of your life looking for the adult you are
And you spend the rest of your life looking for, looking for the child that you were
And you spend the most of your life looking for the adult you are
Everything you say about
Everything you say about
Everything you say about is everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about, you know you know about
Everything you know about, everything you know about now
Everything you know about, everything you know about now
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about now, everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Well, ice on the sheets, look at the floor
As soon as I can walk I think I'll walk right out of this door
Ice on the sheets and I'm looking at the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk right out the door
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Ice on the sheets, look at the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and never stop
Ice on the sheets, look at the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and never stop
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, and I had to laugh
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out this door, it never stops, I'll never stop
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I might walk out this door, well I never stop
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, and I had to laugh
I had to laugh, had to laugh
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk, well I will walk out the door
And there's Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
A spark in my arm, and I don't know any more
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
A spark in my arm, you say that I will never stop, never stop
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and never stop
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, so I had to laugh
You didn't say that you said what you said
You meant that you would free me
I didn't know that you meant what you meant
When you said that you had so much more to say to me
And I said well . . .
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and I can never stop
A spark in my arm, and I'm on the floor
If I can't blink I'll walk out the door, and I'll never stop
I'm sitting by the river with the saucepan smile
Then you said, you said walk another mile I can't talk, I can't talk
Ice on my legs, and I'm on the floor
And I look at you're head, it can't take any more, it never stops
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, and I laughed
And said why don't you shut the fuck up now
Written my long song, my heart says some things
I don't want to deny, I just ain't at your bank or nothing anymore
I didn't know what you said, that you meant what you said
that you said, you said nothing at all
You said I need to leave, and I can't be what you want
I need to be with somebody I love
I didn't mean to say what you know in your head
You said I didn't know I said anything, I said you didn't say.
I never stop, I never stop
Sitting by the river with the saucepan smile
You said you couldn't stand, you don't walk a mile
You said, I said I don't want to, I don't want to
Sitting by the river with the saucepan smile
Well I'm so dusted I can't see that stars
There just like clocks, stars look just like clocks
And a paper plate of course, you think of everything
Short love with a long divorce
And a couple of kids of course, they don't mean anything
Live in trailers with no class
Goddamn I hope I can pass high school, means nothing
Taking heartache with hard work
Goddamn I am such a jerk, I can't do anything
And I shout that you're all snakes (FAKES!)
And you should of seen the look on your face
And I guess thats what it takes, when comparing your bellyaches
And it's been a long time, which agrees with this watch of mine
And I guess that I miss you, and I'm sorry If I dissed you
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
Eating snowflakes with plastic forks
And a paper plate of course, you think of everything
Short love with a long divorce
And a couple of kids of course, they DON'T MEAN ANYTHING!
Taking heartache with hard work
Goddamn I am such a jerk, I can't do anything
Live in trailers with no class
Goddamn I hope I can pass high school, means nothing
And I shout that you're all fakes (FAKES!)
And you should of seen the look on your face
And I guess thats what it takes, when comparing your bellyaches
And it's been a long time, which agrees with this watch of mine
And I guess that I miss you, and I'm sorry If I dissed you
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And I'm sorry if I dissed you, oh
And you spend the most of your life looking for the adult you are
And you spend the rest of your life looking for, looking for the child that you were
And you spend the most of your life looking for the adult you are
And you spend the rest of your life looking for, looking for the child that you were
And you spend the most of your life looking for the adult you are
Everything you say about
Everything you say about
Everything you say about is everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about, you know you know about
Everything you know about, everything you know about now
Everything you know about, everything you know about now
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about now, everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Well, ice on the sheets, look at the floor
As soon as I can walk I think I'll walk right out of this door
Ice on the sheets and I'm looking at the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk right out the door
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Everything you know about
Ice on the sheets, look at the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and never stop
Ice on the sheets, look at the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and never stop
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, and I had to laugh
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out this door, it never stops, I'll never stop
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I might walk out this door, well I never stop
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, and I had to laugh
I had to laugh, had to laugh
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk, well I will walk out the door
And there's Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
A spark in my arm, and I don't know any more
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
A spark in my arm, you say that I will never stop, never stop
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and never stop
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, so I had to laugh
You didn't say that you said what you said
You meant that you would free me
I didn't know that you meant what you meant
When you said that you had so much more to say to me
And I said well . . .
Ice on the sheets, and I'm on the floor
As soon as I can walk I'll walk out the door, and I can never stop
A spark in my arm, and I'm on the floor
If I can't blink I'll walk out the door, and I'll never stop
I'm sitting by the river with the saucepan smile
Then you said, you said walk another mile I can't talk, I can't talk
Ice on my legs, and I'm on the floor
And I look at you're head, it can't take any more, it never stops
Looking at an old photograph
It looked like we took it at gun point, and I laughed
And said why don't you shut the fuck up now
Written my long song, my heart says some things
I don't want to deny, I just ain't at your bank or nothing anymore
I didn't know what you said, that you meant what you said
that you said, you said nothing at all
You said I need to leave, and I can't be what you want
I need to be with somebody I love
I didn't mean to say what you know in your head
You said I didn't know I said anything, I said you didn't say.
I never stop, I never stop
Sitting by the river with the saucepan smile
You said you couldn't stand, you don't walk a mile
You said, I said I don't want to, I don't want to
Sitting by the river with the saucepan smile
Well I'm so dusted I can't see that stars
There just like clocks, stars look just like clocks
Lyrics submitted by Peanuts27
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i think the second part of this song is about meth addiction. "ice on the sheets/floor" = meth the constant lyrics like "you say i can never stop and i will never stop" etc refers to the addiction also: "you didn't say that you said what you said when you meant that you were freeing me". freeing him from the grasp of methamphetamine. i think "spark in my arm" refers to the injection of drugs into a vein. "i'm so dusted" = high
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Some parts were fairly hard to understand but I think I'm pretty much there though. Every MM fan has to hear this 17 minute version of trailer trash!
In a nutshell I think it's about beating yourself up over missed opertunities and what your life could of been compared with how it's turned out. The guy in the lyrics clearly just want's to run away from it all. Basicly it's about being a fuck up :p
where can i find this version?
This version can be found here
youtube.com/watch