"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.
This is the background to your life,
It's what you think you see sometimes. then it's gone.
It's times you weigh against the light,
You think well i'm all alone. no one knows.
When your heart drops to you throat,
It gets so hard to get this right. just give up.
This is the voice you sometimes hear,
When just sits back and takes it in. for the.. ?
In this world we work so hard for oursevles.
When I'm gone i get so nervous for my heart that it won't work. hard enough.
So with your foot pressed to the floor,
You feel the life through your arms. and you smile.
What will it ever take to make this go away. for ever.
Ever wonder where we are?
We're all so scared that we're all wrong. well we are.
So we're so thankful for our lives,
We show this all of the time. do you know.
In this world we work so hard for oursevles.
When i'm gone i get so nervous for my heart that it won't work. hard enough.
Hard enough. [x3]
If you wonder where we are,
And can you take anymore. cause I can't.
Did you ever want it to...
just stop.
Is this what you wanted,
Is this what you thought you'd get,
Is it all you ever hoped,
Is that all your smiles got.
Is this what you wanted,
Is this what you thought you'd get,
Is it all you ever hoped,
Is that all your smiles got.
(unknow back up vocals next time through)
Is this what you wanted,
Is this what you thought you'd get,
Is it all you ever hoped,
Is that all your smiles got.
So now the sounds not coming and thats what great, it never can.]
It's what you think you see sometimes. then it's gone.
It's times you weigh against the light,
You think well i'm all alone. no one knows.
When your heart drops to you throat,
It gets so hard to get this right. just give up.
This is the voice you sometimes hear,
When just sits back and takes it in. for the.. ?
In this world we work so hard for oursevles.
When I'm gone i get so nervous for my heart that it won't work. hard enough.
So with your foot pressed to the floor,
You feel the life through your arms. and you smile.
What will it ever take to make this go away. for ever.
Ever wonder where we are?
We're all so scared that we're all wrong. well we are.
So we're so thankful for our lives,
We show this all of the time. do you know.
In this world we work so hard for oursevles.
When i'm gone i get so nervous for my heart that it won't work. hard enough.
Hard enough. [x3]
If you wonder where we are,
And can you take anymore. cause I can't.
Did you ever want it to...
just stop.
Is this what you wanted,
Is this what you thought you'd get,
Is it all you ever hoped,
Is that all your smiles got.
Is this what you wanted,
Is this what you thought you'd get,
Is it all you ever hoped,
Is that all your smiles got.
(unknow back up vocals next time through)
Is this what you wanted,
Is this what you thought you'd get,
Is it all you ever hoped,
Is that all your smiles got.
So now the sounds not coming and thats what great, it never can.]
Lyrics submitted by backtothebeat00
End Of The Background Noise Lyrics as written by Arthur Enders
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why hasn't anyone commet this phenomonal song? well before i praise this glorious song, let me give a little correction i noticed to backtothebeat00- it's "and your heart JUMPS to your throat"
ok, so this song is so amazing! the emotion of this song seeps through my speakers an all over my room. if you've read my previous comments, iM not an emo type of person, but yes, i do see the background of my life sometimes. with this song and all it's emotion, i know i never would want to go through with anything as extreme as sucide, because i realize that other people do it, but for what? I know i can make it through because i have the strenght. "End of the Background Noise" makes me realize that others will feel this way and i need to help them. I am now an aspiring sucide relief professional. i want to be able to save someone's life by helping them realize that their life IS worth living. so this song means a lot to me possitively, while it may send a negative message.