"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.
Who’s the liar, who saved who
Judgment was the choice you made (a choice you made)
And pews aren’t quite as inviting as you portray
Try as you may but, you’re a wreck and respect
Could be something you can look into finding,
Yourself before, you find me face down thirty miles on September seventh
Still searching for the reason, (and that reason is you, and that reason is you)
(Always standing tall), back so far from the wall
(Real Men) will be found with their face flat on the ground
This is just, short of a disaster,
Rocks don’t take to kindly straight to my chest
Hand motionless, the grasp is gone
Its people like you that turn kids away from God (its people like you)(4x)
I’m not afraid at all
I know it’s hard to hear
You want me scared, but some want you dead
Judgment was the choice you made (a choice you made)
And pews aren’t quite as inviting as you portray
Try as you may but, you’re a wreck and respect
Could be something you can look into finding,
Yourself before, you find me face down thirty miles on September seventh
Still searching for the reason, (and that reason is you, and that reason is you)
(Always standing tall), back so far from the wall
(Real Men) will be found with their face flat on the ground
This is just, short of a disaster,
Rocks don’t take to kindly straight to my chest
Hand motionless, the grasp is gone
Its people like you that turn kids away from God (its people like you)(4x)
I’m not afraid at all
I know it’s hard to hear
You want me scared, but some want you dead
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i'm pretty sure it is religious, & how bad influences are now days.
"And pews aren’t quite as inviting as you portray" "Its people like you that turn kids away from God" i think it's talking about how believing in God is a sacrifice. chosing to live your life according to the bible could only mean disaster. & much like the person before me, it is about how peoples lives are ruined because of religion.
the thought of saying one wrong thing could possibly send you to hell is no less than frightening to many.
" I’m not afraid at all I know it’s hard to hear You want me scared, but some want you dead" preists tend to use methods written in the bible to scare people into being "good to God", basicly i believe it is about a person that sees through all the shit portryed in church & realizes that God gave us life so that we could make CHOICES not JUDGEMENTS, & is saying not to be so cautious because with or without the priest preaching his teachings, only you can make your life worth living. fearing a book will only destroy you. & thus, this is why children would turn away from God, fearing that they will be punnished.
I would just like to take some time here to say that i am really sorry for what ever "christians" you have met in your life, but i believe those are the same people this song is talking about. Akissforjersey is actually a Christian band, and yes this song is talking about those very people you discuss. Only, not all Christians are like that, and our religion does not in any way condone that behavior. "And pews aren't quite as inviting as you portray, " "Put on your best", "With a swagger so easily seen", and most obviously "Its people like you that turn kids away from God" are all descripters of these kinds of people. People that proclaim to be Christians, dress up nicely for church, walk around their churches like the important, godly people they pretend to be, but at home yell and scream at their kids and wife, drunk. Just an example, but those kids get that view of what it means to be a Christian, yet by nomen Christian means to be like Christ. Christ was a lowly carpenter and rode in a donkey. These people persecute even other Christians because they don't dress or act a certain way, when they themselves are far from perfect "Rocks don't take kindly straight to my chest" (in Biblical times, stoning was an "acceptable" way to kill someone, say for their "religious" (usually political) reasons). Nowhere do you see Christ acting in such a manner. I am sure for being a "screamo" band these guys have been persecuted by "christians" because of how they sound, but they have a wonderful message they want to share with a word, in a way that can touch kids say traditional gospel cannot. I am really sorry that you have been hurt, but what you wrote up there is NOT by any stretch of the imagination what the Bible says. Christ said "Come to me all you broken", not all you perfect. God heals, if God's word is being spoken and it is not encouraging or healing, it is not God's word. Satan quote scripture to Jesus, warping it out of context to try and get Him to sin. I have been broken to the point where i thought the only escape was death, but i am here today because of a wonderful and awesome God. Religion is man's creation. The sacrifice you talk about is willing. I know from experience you cannot serve two master: sin and God. The "sacrifice" you talk about is willing, and a pleasure to do for my God. He doesn't make anyone do anything. We all have a choice. A very simple one. I hope God shows you that. And i just want to tell you He loves you so much, I almost cried when i read this i am sure He did as well. I am really sorry you were hurt but God is awesome, so awesome i cannot describe it in word. i really hope you get to meet him someday.<br />