"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.
Good God, have I been dreaming
This paralyzing feeling?
Was I left alone?
Where have you gone?
Were you somewhere else just sleeping?
If I wait to wake you
I'll never ask you
Would you take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
My open eyes see everything
But I'm passing all the days
Through a window pane
And as the scene would change
I'd stay the same
This paradise was nothing new
But the paradise gets tired of you
A single conversation
Stole my attention
Would you take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
My open eyes see everything
And you see nothing
And don't forget it
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Would you stay and drown in me?
Would you stay and drown in me?
This paralyzing feeling?
Was I left alone?
Where have you gone?
Were you somewhere else just sleeping?
If I wait to wake you
I'll never ask you
Would you take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
My open eyes see everything
But I'm passing all the days
Through a window pane
And as the scene would change
I'd stay the same
This paradise was nothing new
But the paradise gets tired of you
A single conversation
Stole my attention
Would you take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
My open eyes see everything
And you see nothing
And don't forget it
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Take my hand in the deepest end
Would you stay and drown in me?
Would you stay and drown in me?
Would you stay and drown in me?
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Stay And Drown Lyrics as written by James Ryan Black Arnold David Lanni
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This song is one my favorite songs by Finger Eleven. To me, this song about a person who feels like everything in his life is fucked up. One of those people that think or say to themselves, "I'm so fucked up." In the beginning, to me, it sounds like he's with someone who doesn't really notice that he is hurting and needs help. And this is why he says, "Was I left alone? Where have you gone? Were you somewhere else just sleeping?" And, "If I wait to wake you I'll never ask you Would you take my hand?" I think is saying that if he waits for her to realize what he is going through he might be waiting forever and never ask her for help. As most have said before me, I think he is asking her if she loves him enough to stay by his side while he tries to work through his problems. The part that really gives me this impression is "My open eyes see everything But I'm passing all the days through a window pane And as the scene would change I'd stay the same." The person feels like the majority of the people he sees are living happily and don't hurt like is and he is feeling like the world is moving all around him but he can't move past what pains him. So he feels like he is standing still and looking at the world through a window and the only thing that doesn't change is how bad he hurts. Something I, and I am sure many people, can identify with.
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i guess its about asking a girl if she really loves you. or something like that. im not good at this shit. but i love this song.
lol.....nice try u dumb fuk, its about asking a girl is she will be with him forever and how as time passes bye it seems dat he jus sits dere and watches it through a window
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what the...?
basically you said pretty much the same thing you wanker...
Will someone PLEASE tell "pUnKe" to learn how to spell?!??!?!?!?!! Please? It's so terrible that it hurts to read...
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this is a beautiful song : )
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