"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.
Dig deep dig in deeper you go where only fools fear to tread
You'll find devices to kill your master why not kill your maker instead
Leave it to the ones that own you leave it to those ones to
Disown you put faith & trust in the dusk Do what you must do
[Bridge]
I'm getting edgy for those departed left all alone left still forgotten!
[Chorus]
Miles to go and sky's to fly
Hold back the day
Miles to go and sky's to fly it's darkest before the Dawn
Claw hard now from your casket
Six feet and getting deeper should the top,
Soil feel Heavy it must be getting weaker Towers people build,
Up in life become frail and fall to the ground
Fuck them there opinion Deceiving the Honest Man!
[Bridge]
ALways ,always ,darkest before the dawn
[Chorus]
You'll find devices to kill your master why not kill your maker instead
Leave it to the ones that own you leave it to those ones to
Disown you put faith & trust in the dusk Do what you must do
[Bridge]
I'm getting edgy for those departed left all alone left still forgotten!
[Chorus]
Miles to go and sky's to fly
Hold back the day
Miles to go and sky's to fly it's darkest before the Dawn
Claw hard now from your casket
Six feet and getting deeper should the top,
Soil feel Heavy it must be getting weaker Towers people build,
Up in life become frail and fall to the ground
Fuck them there opinion Deceiving the Honest Man!
[Bridge]
ALways ,always ,darkest before the dawn
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by me_tall_i_ca, edited by EGM360
Hold Back the Day Lyrics as written by John Arnold Boecklin Bradley James Fafara
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I see alot of meaning written all over parts of this song but I'm still not sure what the overall meaning of it is.
"Dig deep, dig in deeper. You go where only fools fear to tread."
Maybe he's digging deep into and questioning his faith or beliefs, without letting the fear of choosing the wrong path stop him, like it does some people (fools).
"You'll find devices to kill your master. Why not kill your maker instead?"
Maybe after digging in deeper he's found great reason to say fuk it all to whatever faith or ideas the he has been believing...and maybe he insists that if anyone else digs deeper than the might find the same thing.
I kindof lose the song after that , because its confusing.
When he says "It's darkest before the dawn…" I don't think he sticks to the phrase's usual meaning, as in as dark at it seems.....as bad as things seem, remember its darkest before the dawn/ dont give up. This kindof contradicts "Put your faith and trust in the dusk."