"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.
You hide behind barricades
Built of facades, you think you're safe
But someday, we all will find you
Come to where you work
And fucking tie you
Every lie
Shoved back
Down your throat
By our hands
A skull fuck (A skull fuck)
For every word (For every word)
Just try to breathe (Just try to breathe)
Don't fuck with this
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (mess with our life)
A coffin made of your deceptions
Obsess as each second fades
In denial of your mind made
Still, your jealousy precedes you
You're really in love
With all that I do
Every lie
Shoved back
Down your throat
By our hands
A skull fuck (A skull fuck)
For every word (For every word)
Just try to breathe (Just try to breathe)
Don't fuck with this
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (Mess with our life)
A coffin made of your deceptions
This is to the rats
This is to the rats
This is to the rats
This is to the rats
And your conscience still tears at you
You secretly
Want to be just like me
Go! A skull fuck (A skull fuck!)
For every word (For every word!)
Just try to breathe (just try to breathe!)
Don't fuck with this
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (mess with our life)
A coffin made of your deceptions
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (mess with our life)
A coffin made of your
Deceptions
Built of facades, you think you're safe
But someday, we all will find you
Come to where you work
And fucking tie you
Every lie
Shoved back
Down your throat
By our hands
A skull fuck (A skull fuck)
For every word (For every word)
Just try to breathe (Just try to breathe)
Don't fuck with this
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (mess with our life)
A coffin made of your deceptions
Obsess as each second fades
In denial of your mind made
Still, your jealousy precedes you
You're really in love
With all that I do
Every lie
Shoved back
Down your throat
By our hands
A skull fuck (A skull fuck)
For every word (For every word)
Just try to breathe (Just try to breathe)
Don't fuck with this
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (Mess with our life)
A coffin made of your deceptions
This is to the rats
This is to the rats
This is to the rats
This is to the rats
And your conscience still tears at you
You secretly
Want to be just like me
Go! A skull fuck (A skull fuck!)
For every word (For every word!)
Just try to breathe (just try to breathe!)
Don't fuck with this
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (mess with our life)
A coffin made of your deceptions
Break every bone in your face
If you mess with my life
Mess with our life
I'll mess with your blood
And bury you in a coffin made of your (mess with our life)
A coffin made of your
Deceptions
Lyrics submitted by EvilWraith, edited by Mellow_Harsher
To the Rats Lyrics as written by Jason Suecof Corey Beaulieu
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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as for the song, it is basically written to the Trivium haters out there. Don't mess with Trivium, you'll probably get skullfucked and every bone in your face broken. this song really kicks ass. When you threaten another person's family like that ("If you mess with my life I'll mess with your blood"), you have to be a true badass, and thats exactly what Matt Heafy is. After a kickass song, he busts out some sweet vocals out of nowhere when he sings "Deceptions." that was so cool when i heard that.
@bpcrshooter15 agree with your interpretation ... only problem is that actions speak louder than words, so the lyrics may be a little overly aggressive (depending on the audience I suppose)
basic hate song. if you fuck with my life, i fuck with yours
You fuck wit me, I fuck wit you... this is prolly the meaning, and seriously, demonfury, you a funny ass dude...on the other hand, maybe just over analyzed it a bit
I don't think this show's what Trivium turned into, but I think it's just their "fuck you" song. Everybody's got one, and they're never lyrically brilliant, particularly this song. And btw, skull fuck is an awesome term
1st * :built up inside
2nd * :A Skullfuck
I dont know the 3rd * but in that stanza, the last three lines are "Still your jealousy reseeds you, Your really in love with all that i do"
great song! one of the best song in the album
here's the actual lyrics:
You hide behind the barricades Built of facades, you think you're safe But someday we all find you Come to where you work And fucking tie you
Every lie Shoved back Down your throat By our hands
A skull fuck For every word Just try to breathe Don't fuck with this
(chorus) Break every bone in your face If you mess with my life (mess with our life) I'll mess your blood Bury you in a coffin made of your A coffin made of your deceiptions
Obsess as each second fades In denial of your mind made Still your jealousy precedes you You're really in love With all that I do
This is to the rats
And your conscience still tears at you You secretly Want to be just like me
This song kicks fucking ass.
Demonnfury is talking out of his ass
I think this is their best song in term of solos, especially the one that sounds like a complete rip-off of "The Thing that Should Not Be".
Awesome.