"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 not the end
This is just the beginning
And don't you know that everything we want
Is within our reach at fingertips length
We fought nonstop to make these nights our own
Now no one can take them away
And in the end (and in the end)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
Wandering this sphere, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these arms tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive
We could have had it all
Our backs against the wall
Our eyes blindfolded tight
Living what they call life
(We Could) We could have had it all
(Our Backs) Our backs against the wall
(Our Eyes) Our eyes blindfolded tight
And in the end (and in the end)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
Wandering this sphere, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these arms tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive
We won't make it out alive
When you burn down these bridges
And you build up these walls
And you tore out these pages
And there's nothing left at all
And when that day comes
And we're all still here
Will you be waiting?
Will you be waiting?
And in the end (and in the end)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
Wandering this sphere, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these arms tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive
And I know we won't make it out alive
This is just the beginning
And don't you know that everything we want
Is within our reach at fingertips length
We fought nonstop to make these nights our own
Now no one can take them away
And in the end (and in the end)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
Wandering this sphere, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these arms tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive
We could have had it all
Our backs against the wall
Our eyes blindfolded tight
Living what they call life
(We Could) We could have had it all
(Our Backs) Our backs against the wall
(Our Eyes) Our eyes blindfolded tight
And in the end (and in the end)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
Wandering this sphere, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these arms tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive
We won't make it out alive
When you burn down these bridges
And you build up these walls
And you tore out these pages
And there's nothing left at all
And when that day comes
And we're all still here
Will you be waiting?
Will you be waiting?
And in the end (and in the end)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
Wandering this sphere, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these arms tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive
And I know we won't make it out alive
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yeah, i think it's "while you're in despair" too...i just downloaded their ep the other day and i love it. the singer has kind of a unique voice but it sounds like somebody i can't place...this song isn't as good as some of the other on "until we get caught" but it's still okay. i really like hit the lights, i hope they put out a full length album.
I have 2 questions about these lyrics... is it "Hands in the air" or is it really "and in the end"....and is it "drives these hearts tonight" or "drive these arm tonight"?
because it sounds like he's saying the 1st ones, and it's def. "While you're in despair"...
fixed,thanks guys. i copy/paste shit from sites and hardly look over it but hopefully it's right now
What does "our backs against the wall" mean??
Our backs against the wall means that they are cornered or trapped.
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"The singer has kind of a unique voice but it sounds like somebody i can't place"
His voice reminded me of Brendon Urie (Panic!) I don't know why but that's what came into my head.
the lead singer, colin, quit the band :(
highfive5: I know, but i guess these things happen. A new singer would change the sound of the whole band. :[