"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.
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
And things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to regain your trust was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
The only thing that's worse than one is none
And I cannot explain to you
In anything I say, or do, or plan
Fear is not afraid of you
But guilt's a language you can understand
I cannot explain to you in anything I say or do
I hope the actions speak the words they can
For my pride and my promise
For my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is
Pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
The only thing that's worse than one is none
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
And things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to regain your trust was harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in between
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
The only thing that's worse than one is none
And I cannot explain to you
In anything I say, or do, or plan
Fear is not afraid of you
But guilt's a language you can understand
I cannot explain to you in anything I say or do
I hope the actions speak the words they can
For my pride and my promise
For my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is
Pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
The only thing that's worse than one is none
The only thing that's worse than one is none
The only thing that's worse than one is none
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FYI: I didn't spell it wrong, I spelt it the British way.
Sounds like he cheated and got back with his girl. But now he can't really find the words to tell her that regaining her trust is just too hard and he will onky hurt her by being with her. I think when he says all she understands is guilt he means all she knows is his apologizing for the things he's done.
I like this song a lot. Linkin Park does not have to be about screaming emo kiddies. If a band is real they are willing to spread out their style. This is definitely a positive move with this song.
as for the song, I don't think it has to do with cheating. There are just a couple lyrics that don't fit. "My pride And my promise" there isn't a lot of pride in cheating nor admitting it. "But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed" doesn't fit at all.
I think it's pretty literal. The 'person' was trying to be someone he was not. Maybe it was with a girl (there always seems to be a girl). Now, telling someone that "hey, I was bullshitting. This isn't really how I am. I'm not this 'cool'" takes a big hit to the pride. The only thing I can't fit is the promise part. What did he promise?
well, in your version the promise could be a promise to himself, to be a better person or to her. Or to never lie to her, but his pride didnt let him tell her this before and he kept pretending - "living in a lie" (hence the "between my lies and how the truth gets in the way" part). whichever You prefer. (but me myself, i got another "theory" about the meaning of this song)<br />
Chester said that when he was to sing this song it just didn't sound right so they had Mike sing it because when he did, what ever he was apologizing for, he was very serious about. I don't think anyone knows what he is apologizing for though, other then what you can get from the lyrics. I think Techcasualty hit that part right on the head
" by vietgurl on 05-09-2007 @ 09:10:17 PM Is it just me or does this song sound a little like Tool?"
You're kidding, right?
here is the corrected version with apologize spelled right, good job Feenix for lyrics
Let me apologize to begin with Let me apologize for what I'm about to say But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed And somehow I got caught up in between
Let me apologize to begin with Let me apologize for what I'm about to say But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed And somehow I got caught up in between, between
My pride And my promise Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way And things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is none
Let me apologize to begin with Let me apologize for what I'm about to say But trying to regain your trust was harder than it seemed And somehow I got caught up in between, between
My pride And my promise Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way And things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is none The only thing that's worse than one is none
And I cannot explain to you And anything I say or do or plan Fear is not afraid of you But guilt's a language you can understand I cannot explain to you And anything I say or do But hope the actions speak the words they can
For my pride And my promise For my lies And how the truth gets in the way The things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is none My pride And my promise Between my lies And how the truth gets in the way The things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is none The only thing that's worse than one is none The only thing that's worse than one is none
Is this Mike singing? song is badass but cant figure that out...
Is this Mike singing? song is badass but cant figure that out...
yeah he is singing him and chester take turns with the songs a lot of them are back to back mike sings really well! :]
Indeed!! Suprisingly well!!