"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 lie awake on a long, dark night
I can't seem to tame my mind
Slings and arrows are killing me inside
Maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
No, maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
Simple living is my desperate cry
Been trading love with indifference
And yeah it suits me just fine
I try to hold on but I'm calloused to the bone
Maybe that's why I feel alone
Yeah, maybe that's why I feel so alone
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
Naw, it just won't heal, no, no, no.
The sun shines and I can't avoid the light
I think I'm holding on to life too tight
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Sometimes I feel like giving up
Yeah, I said,
Sometimes I feel like giving up
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
It just won't heal, No.
The day reminds me of you
The night hides your truth
The earth is a voice
Speaking to you
Take all this pride
And leave it behind
'Cause one day it ends
One day we die
Believe what you will
That is your right
But I choose to win
I choose to fight
To fight
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't,
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal.
I can't seem to tame my mind
Slings and arrows are killing me inside
Maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
No, maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
Simple living is my desperate cry
Been trading love with indifference
And yeah it suits me just fine
I try to hold on but I'm calloused to the bone
Maybe that's why I feel alone
Yeah, maybe that's why I feel so alone
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
Naw, it just won't heal, no, no, no.
The sun shines and I can't avoid the light
I think I'm holding on to life too tight
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Sometimes I feel like giving up
Yeah, I said,
Sometimes I feel like giving up
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels and
It just won't heal
It just won't heal, No.
The day reminds me of you
The night hides your truth
The earth is a voice
Speaking to you
Take all this pride
And leave it behind
'Cause one day it ends
One day we die
Believe what you will
That is your right
But I choose to win
I choose to fight
To fight
'Cause me, I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal
I'm rusted and weathered
Barely holding together
I'm covered with skin that peels
And it just won't,
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't
Covered with skin that peels
And it just won't heal.
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Weathered Lyrics as written by Scott Stapp Mark Tremonti
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fizzyb and preacherman837....
I can totally relate to both! fizzy, I can relate to some of what u said, I too have depression and this song hits home so much, sking that peels and it just wont heal and Im indiffernt because its easier than trying to fake being happy... but also what preacherman said, I realte to as well because I sin, do stupid and impulsive things that I know are wrong, and do them out of loneliness , and am tortued with guilt during those times.
Well this is what the song means to me, when i talk about it i talk from experiences I've had and things ive felt: I lie awake on a long, dark night I can't seem to tame my mind Slings and arrows are killing me inside Maybe I can't accept the life that's mine
I have medical depression, and as a result a lot of the time i cant sleep, when I cant sleep its usually a result of my brain going overtime thinking of stuff thats really discomforting, and its as though I cant stop myself thinking about these things. I think that applys to this verse a lot, he cant tame his mind because its going over time, and it feels like its killing him. The slings and arrows.
Simple living is my desperate cry Been trading love with indifference yeah it suits me just fine I try to hold on but I'm calloused to the bone Maybe that's why I feel alone Maybe that's why I feel so alone
When he says hes trading love, its often a cry for help from people who are lonely when they tell someone they love them when they dont really. He feels like his life is simple, but its too much for him, its his desperate cry. He tries to keep going, hold on, but he feels bad about it, there seems no point. Having worked out hes giving out fake love he feels alone, because no one in the world is really WITH him.
Me...I'm rusted and weathered Barely holding together I'm covered with skin that peels and it just won't heal
I think this is purely how he feels, and its also how i feel a lot of the time. He feels like hes lost his shineyness, as if hes a "used up" person. And he always feels like this, thats why it wont heal. It can feel like that when you're constantly ill with headaches/bodypains etc.
The sun shines and I can't avoid the light I think I'm holding on to life too tight Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Sometimes I feel like giving up Sometimes I feel like giving up
When he sees the sun shining its how all the people around him seem so happy, and he cant avoid it and as a result it makes him feel worse. He feels like hes holding on to life too tight because hes not dead yet, but he cant see a reason for going on. ashes to ashes.. is this extended. Then he tells how he feels like giving up.
The day reminds me of you The night hides your truth The earth is a voice Speaking to you Take all this pride And leave it behind Because one day it ends One day we die Believe what you will That is your right But I choose to win So I choose to fight To fight
I belive when he says the day reminds me of you hes thinking of a person who's helped him, either that or the "you" isnt a person, its his fealings, and hes talking to them. During the day he remembers them and feels them. But at night he lets them go finally, but he still thinks they're the truth and has to lie to himself to get over them. The earth and the part about pride is his pride in himself, and if he can leave that behind, and have no pride in himself, it wont matter how messed up he is because he just wont care. He's saying one day everyone dies and they are all blinded by the "truth" but he knows better, but he still chooses not to try and force what he feels and bleives onto other people. Then to keep him going he tells himself hes going to fight it, and hes going to beat it and he'll come through and be happy.
Well thats what i make from it, you might gather something totally different. I'm just speaking from personal experience and my experience as a song writer. Cya dudez Rock on ;)
either this is for GOD or this is for a chick that left scott!as we all know creed always has something related to religion and GOD in his songs!this could be about his sins he commited in his lifetime!on the other hand it could be about his gf aswell.
this song rox
aren't i profound?
man i wish i knew what this song truly meant :/ this song rox i luv the chorus and "The day reminds me of you The night hides your truth The earth is a voice Speaking to you Take all this pride And leave it behind Because one day it ends One day we die Believe what you will That is your right But I choose to win So I choose to fight To fight"
Weatehered is Creed's best album. Period. The songs on this album are lyrically and musically great. This is one CD that I can listen to without skipping a track. My Own Prison comes in a close second.
I agree with IMMORTAL_-_SOUL. The bridge is probably the best part of the song :)
i agree with sgtpepperlhcb