"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.
Children roam these empty streets
With lust filled eyes and jagged hearts
Narrow frames and crooked teeth
The whole more valuable than each part
And the grasp you have upon this group
Is as fragile as a pile of ash
They know your lies and weakness
With each open hand you bluntly lash
Oh, these soft legged girls
And hard faced boys
They know no God
They have no voice
So what is this I see?
There is nothing but anger
Burning inside of me
Oh, these soft legged girls (do you wish to feel complete?)
And hard faced boys
(Say you want it, you need it) They know no God
They have no voice
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
Girls with fire in their eyes
Boys with will and aim that's true
Living in a jilted world
Contempt spreads just like the flu
So let's all take some solace
In one thing that we all can trust
Adults can be fucked up, too
Sometimes even more than us
Oh, these soft legged girl (do you wish to feel complete?)
And hard faced boys
(Say you want it, you need it) They know no God
They have no voice
We are the sound
We have no voice
We are the sound
We have no voice
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
And sing along
With lust filled eyes and jagged hearts
Narrow frames and crooked teeth
The whole more valuable than each part
And the grasp you have upon this group
Is as fragile as a pile of ash
They know your lies and weakness
With each open hand you bluntly lash
Oh, these soft legged girls
And hard faced boys
They know no God
They have no voice
So what is this I see?
There is nothing but anger
Burning inside of me
Oh, these soft legged girls (do you wish to feel complete?)
And hard faced boys
(Say you want it, you need it) They know no God
They have no voice
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
Girls with fire in their eyes
Boys with will and aim that's true
Living in a jilted world
Contempt spreads just like the flu
So let's all take some solace
In one thing that we all can trust
Adults can be fucked up, too
Sometimes even more than us
Oh, these soft legged girl (do you wish to feel complete?)
And hard faced boys
(Say you want it, you need it) They know no God
They have no voice
We are the sound
We have no voice
We are the sound
We have no voice
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
We are the sound
We don't belong
So raise up your hands
And sing along
And sing along
Lyrics submitted by iamthenightstars
We Are the Sound Lyrics as written by Wade Macneil Dallas Green
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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''We have your voice''
should be
''We have no voice''
And IMO, the meaning is pretty clear. The lines ''We are the sound/We don't belong'' pretty much resume it well, I think.
dont post the lyrics if yo dont know what he's saying...kinda defeats the purpose
[George:] Children roam these empty streets With lust filled eyes and jagged hearts Narrow frames and crooked teeth, The whole more valuable than each part.
And the grasp you have upon this group Is as fragile as a pile of ash. They know your lies and weakness With each open hand you bluntly lash.
Oh, these soft legged girls And hard faced boys. They know no God, They have no voice.
[Dallas:] So what is this I see? There is nothing but anger - Burning inside of me
Oh, these soft legged girls (Do you wish to feel complete?) And hard faced boys. (Say you want it, you need it.) They know no God, They have no voice.
We are the sound. We don't belong. So raise up your hands And sing along. [2x]
[George:] Girls with fire in their eyes. Boys with will and aim that's true Living in a jilted world Contempt spreads just like the flu.
So let's all take some solace In one thing that we all can trust Adults can be fucked up, too. Sometimes even more than us.
Oh, these soft legged girls (Do you wish to feel complete?) And hard faced boys. (Say you want it, you need it.) They know no God, They have no voice.
We are the sound. We have no voice. [2x]
[Dallas:] We are the sound. We don't belong. So raise up your hands And sing along. [2x]
And sing along..
although this song is awesome , and thank you for putting the full version up... its not necessary to note who is singing each part of the song.
dont post a lyric if youre not even going to post 50% of the song...
hahah this song reminds me a lot of where i live - all us teenagers walk aimlessly around the streets at night and during the day.
i reckon it's about a dude who used to live in this town, and then one day he goes back there to find that the teenagers have pretty much given up and gone wild. the girls don't have much pride and the guys have to constantly stay brave to not get taken down. they're basically the lost generation, and the adults are too wrapped up in their own conflicts to do anything.
but i dunno. please don't abuse me if i'm stupid :)
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my all time favorite song by alexisonfire. I just decided to buy the cd one day randomly and I skipped through the songs until i came to this song and I fell inlove with it. I just love the guitar and the drums...its just awesome
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