"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.
Chorus of angels,
Destroy my silence, x2
That haunts me, it claims me,
While darkness walks beside me.
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
(wake up now) x3
We will see the fire,
The skies will open up,
The clouds will burn red and
Our sins will forget us,
And time will not shake us
Our hearts are made of gold
These walls wont overtake us x2
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
We will see the fire,
The skies will open up,
The clouds will burn red and
Our sins will forget us,
And time will not shake us
Our hearts are made of gold
These walls wont overtake us x2
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Chorus of angels,
Destroy my silence, x2
That haunts me, it claims me,
While darkness walks beside me.
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
(Chorus of angels,
lead me in a prayer that will
shake the foundations of the earth.)
Wake up now
Destroy my silence, x2
That haunts me, it claims me,
While darkness walks beside me.
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
(wake up now) x3
We will see the fire,
The skies will open up,
The clouds will burn red and
Our sins will forget us,
And time will not shake us
Our hearts are made of gold
These walls wont overtake us x2
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
We will see the fire,
The skies will open up,
The clouds will burn red and
Our sins will forget us,
And time will not shake us
Our hearts are made of gold
These walls wont overtake us x2
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Chorus of angels,
Destroy my silence, x2
That haunts me, it claims me,
While darkness walks beside me.
I saw the angels sing along
To wake up the beautiful sleeping world
Their voices will rise
To test the strength of man
Wake up the beautiful sleeping world
(Chorus of angels,
lead me in a prayer that will
shake the foundations of the earth.)
Wake up now
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Angles cannot save us only Christ can!! But God will send his Angels to wake up the world. The world IS sleeping, many christians today are slumbering...they think they are saved but they desperatly need to continue seeking Christ everday!
This is one of my favorite songs ever,this song to me is about how we are all tempted and harassed by the devil every day and in the end our sins will be destroyed and Christs return will be led by the Chorus of Angels...Deep and completely awesome!
I think this song is about how no one has faith in christ anymore, and everyone is selfish. This song is talking about how the angels will save us all, by waking up the world. Meh, I could be wrong, but that's what I think it means, and this song is just totally amazing, the new CD is fucking amazing.
-Aaron
To me its seems to be about the world today. How people need to open their eyes to what is really going on around us. And then we need to stand up and make some changes (test the strength of me)
But like Aaron said, thats just my opinion. And I agree, best HTD album yet.
i agree with both of you. its definitely about how angels will come to save us.
this song is by far the best on the album. =]
they are talking about in this song about a person, this person has a closed mind to the word. when he says Chorus of angels, destroy my silence, That haunts me, It claims me, While darkness walks beside me, he is asking the lord to come into his heart, he is asking the lord to help him and end this silence in his life. good sermon song
What about the Chorus Of Angels announcing the Apocalypse? Already the ambient of the song sounds really apocalyptical to me. Angels will come to test the strength of us.
i dunno, i think i agree with AutumnInAshes. I think this song has to do with the Apocalypse, in the Book of Revelations cuz the end of the world is caused by a "chorus of angels". It's funny though, cuz this is actually the song that drew me to HTD!
Totally awesome song! I love it! I think it is talking about someone who has backslidin', and how they need to wake up to Chris and the reality of the world we live in today and what's to come, for their own sake, the sake of the ones they love, and of the very world itself.
I perfer Jimmy-era HTD, but this song is still solid.