"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.
The Battles Over My Heart Moves On
I Kept My Mouth
While You Screamed And Cried
All The Lies, All The Lies
The Battle's Over
My Heart Moves On
Stood And Took The Arrows
That Cut Through My Heart
I Stood Alone I Stood Alone
You Broke Down All My Walls
I'll Build Them Up Again
The Battle's Over
Now My Heart Moves On
Today I Stand To Watch You Fall
That's Just To Say I've Had Enough
Not Even You Can Stop Me Now
My Heart Moves On
Can't Stop Me Now
My Heart Moves On
I Kept My Mouth
While You Screamed And Cried
All The Lies, All The Lies
The Battle's Over
My Heart Moves On
Stood And Took The Arrows
That Cut Through My Heart
I Stood Alone I Stood Alone
You Broke Down All My Walls
I'll Build Them Up Again
The Battle's Over
Now My Heart Moves On
Today I Stand To Watch You Fall
That's Just To Say I've Had Enough
Not Even You Can Stop Me Now
My Heart Moves On
Can't Stop Me Now
My Heart Moves On
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i think "the battles" might be like him fighting with his girl. and now their relationship is done so the battles over and hes moving on now...
could be wrong, but still this song is insanely wicked
this is definitely a spiritual battle.
such a sickk song.
to me "the battle" is between the lyricists heart and his head. continue loving whoever after whatever they have done or whatever pain they have put you through(heart) or decide the pain isnt worth it and crush whatever love you still have for them as hard as that may be and get on with your life(head). it seems that the writer listened to his head, maybe after going with his heart a number of times just to find himself in the same spot again and again.
isn't haste the day christian?
yes.. yes they are
ya, as a christian band, and as a christian myself, i can only see the meaning as them fighting the battle of being righteous so they're fighting agains their flesh and sinful nature..
I liked this band better when I first heard them... under the name of Zao. What a bunch of rip-offs.
love this song
love this song