"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.
He said he'd try just a little bit
He didn't want to end up like them
And now he blames the voices of a toothless wonder
Pounding on the door to make the next score
Anything for a hit, any sin to pay for it
For that next bowl, he'd sell his soul
Spiral to destruction, it's too late to break the spell
He wants the ride to stop on the freight train straight to hell
Without the truth he'll never find in a dungeon of his lies
His cause of death, high speed on burnt ice
Always looking at the ground, a broken, beaten man
Memories of his family are calling after him
He can hardly thing, hardly walk
Phone keeps ringing, he can't talk
With just one hit the pain would go away
But he's dead if he does
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes
Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia grows
He didn't want to end up like them
And now he blames the voices of a toothless wonder
Pounding on the door to make the next score
Anything for a hit, any sin to pay for it
For that next bowl, he'd sell his soul
Spiral to destruction, it's too late to break the spell
He wants the ride to stop on the freight train straight to hell
Without the truth he'll never find in a dungeon of his lies
His cause of death, high speed on burnt ice
Always looking at the ground, a broken, beaten man
Memories of his family are calling after him
He can hardly thing, hardly walk
Phone keeps ringing, he can't talk
With just one hit the pain would go away
But he's dead if he does
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes
Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia grows
Lyrics submitted by Metal_Up_Ya_Ass_Jay
Burnt Ice Lyrics as written by Dave Mustaine
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
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.
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“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
Meth.
It's Crystal Meth, also known as "ice". The "toothless wonder" bit is the notorious long-term side-effect of meth abuse.
I love Megadeth, but fuck sanctimonious ending tracks like this from Rehab-Born-Agains. Is he talking about someone else, or is he really referring to himself?
It's about somebody getting caught up in drugs. It says, "He said he'd try just a little bit He didn't want to end up like them And now he blames the voices of a toothless wonder Pounding on the door to make the next score" He tried it once, but then got addicted, and couldn't stop.
This song may be about Mustaine's experience of drugs.
I'm becoming strangly in love with this song, I have no idea why, it's just so catchy =D
I'll tell you one thing, Dave is an amazing person to me. His lyrics are thoughtfilling and interesting. He really knows how to get to your heart.
This song makes me feel horrible for people on ice. It's there fault they started, but still, it's sad.
To whiterabies, i read somewhere that it has nothing to do with Dave himself. He said it is just about people who use Meth and the affects it has on them. He said he asked some people he knew who were users so he could get the facts straight about it.
That's what I thought. But still, singing about someone else's problems is a little sanctimonious, don't you think? Not all users are addicts. (Not that I'm advocating it.)
who cares whether it's about Dave or just someone he knows , thats his buisness, the point is that it's perfectly worded imo and it's exelent that Dave cares about people enough to enlighten them about the negative power of addiction through song
Great song! Ending solo is intense! I've never done meth before but the solo feels like it builds up until the end its "bleeding fingers" and then it "dies". Just like a high from meth until the intense "overdose" do death from it. Megadeth's solos really do follow moods and lyrics nicely :D
i dont think its too sanctimonious...i mean...its not like hes saying literally "dont do meth. it is bad. i never did drugs"
....or something like that
anyways...not my favorite on the album....but its still on one of the best megadeth albums to date.
Best song from UA, hands down. The solos are fantastic.