"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 swear that if I could
I'd take it all
Take it all away
All the sorrow and the pain
I'm not responsible
You always say
But you need your space
And this always ends the same
Hey, is your heart still beating?
I can't stop the bleeding
I've lost you completely
Hey, gather all the heartache
I'll hold it in my hand
Just to lose it all again
If there's a bright side
To this suffering
Can you help me see?
It's getting harder to believe
You always said this
Would not last long
But it's gone on and on and on
And I just can't make it stop
Hey, is your heart still beating?
I can't stop the bleeding
I've lost you completely
Hey, gather all the heartache
I'll hold it in my hand
Just to lose it all again
They're right this time
I won't pretend to smile
Because inside
I'm black and
I am hollow
This time you've
[Repeat: x5]
Took this way too far
I'm sick
And tired
Inside
I'm black and
I am hollow
I'm trying to find
What's missing form my life
And the tables have turned
This life is only temporary
This life is only temporary
I'd take it all
Take it all away
All the sorrow and the pain
I'm not responsible
You always say
But you need your space
And this always ends the same
Hey, is your heart still beating?
I can't stop the bleeding
I've lost you completely
Hey, gather all the heartache
I'll hold it in my hand
Just to lose it all again
If there's a bright side
To this suffering
Can you help me see?
It's getting harder to believe
You always said this
Would not last long
But it's gone on and on and on
And I just can't make it stop
Hey, is your heart still beating?
I can't stop the bleeding
I've lost you completely
Hey, gather all the heartache
I'll hold it in my hand
Just to lose it all again
They're right this time
I won't pretend to smile
Because inside
I'm black and
I am hollow
This time you've
[Repeat: x5]
Took this way too far
I'm sick
And tired
Inside
I'm black and
I am hollow
I'm trying to find
What's missing form my life
And the tables have turned
This life is only temporary
This life is only temporary
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
The Bright Side of Suffering Lyrics as written by Peter Allen Costa Pouyan Sean Afkary
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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well, in case no one noticed, how about the part that sais, "hey, is your heart still beating, i cant stop the bleeding" so i think it means he has lost someone, he feels guilty for it. etc etc...some of it makes it seem about a girl, but the rest seems more about something a bit deeper...the line "this pain is only temporary" reminds me of self harm and depression..i love this song, effing incredible
@skinnyjeansXcore <br /> <br /> reminds me of suicide. he's really upset over this chick, and he's going a little insane. life is shit for him. but "now the tables are turned", he's in control and he's ending it. on another lyrics website, it say's he's saying "i'm dying to find what's missing in my life" not "trying". i think it sounds more like that, but it's hard to tell. the cliche term every suicidal person had heard is "suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem"
I LOVE THIS SONG.... I think he is talking about the person you love leaving you and that the pain from losing that person will never go away.
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That's just what I think, that's how I'm relating to it. I love SKSK.
The way I interpret this is that I believe its about a girl that told him the cliche line "Its not you, its me". She said she needed her space and "its gone on and on and on". BUT, the way I see it, I think she said that because she believes he is too dark ("black") and insensitive ("hollow") and too emo. Just a thought.
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wow...i think all of your interpretations are pretty great..and i totally agree...i can see how it all plays out in the song..awesome.for sure
I have always loved the line "I swear that if I could I'd could take it all, take it all away, all the sorrow and the pain." The intro to this song is so perfect. Amazing song.
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i think hes talking about falling in love with a girl and losing her..then gettting her back just to lose her again...just as everyone already said lol and then hes saying that she took it way too far but i dont really understand what hes talking about...im not gonna lie lol
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