"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.
Feel the life inside
A remnant of the tide
That raged within when you were still alive
Never mind the cries
Listen to the lies
While we’re waiting for the dead to rise.
While we wait for them to rise.
The world belongs to those
Who stand out from the rows
Of wayward and misguided silent souls.
History is shamed.
By people laying blame.
To everyone who doesn't feel the same.
The sun fades beyond the water as we bring on the night.
Sleep and fade away (tonight).
Inside these walls we wait (our lifeforce drains).
To change takes more than to remain.
Therefore we lay -back- in the comfort of our chains.
Sleep and fade away (tonight).
Inside these walls we wait (our lifeforce drains).
To change takes more than to remain.
Therefore we lay -back- in the comfort of our chains.
Sleep and fade away
Inside these walls we wait.
Wake up to the silence
After judgment day.
Sleep and fade away
Inside these walls we wait.
Wake up to the silence
After judgment day.
Sleep and fade away
Inside these walls we wait.
Wake up to the silence
After judgment day.
"I fall asleep and fade away
In the dark.
Too tired to keep going,
I want to remain this way. It's better to do nothing but wait.
It's better to just being like this."
A remnant of the tide
That raged within when you were still alive
Never mind the cries
Listen to the lies
While we’re waiting for the dead to rise.
While we wait for them to rise.
The world belongs to those
Who stand out from the rows
Of wayward and misguided silent souls.
History is shamed.
By people laying blame.
To everyone who doesn't feel the same.
The sun fades beyond the water as we bring on the night.
Sleep and fade away (tonight).
Inside these walls we wait (our lifeforce drains).
To change takes more than to remain.
Therefore we lay -back- in the comfort of our chains.
Sleep and fade away (tonight).
Inside these walls we wait (our lifeforce drains).
To change takes more than to remain.
Therefore we lay -back- in the comfort of our chains.
Sleep and fade away
Inside these walls we wait.
Wake up to the silence
After judgment day.
Sleep and fade away
Inside these walls we wait.
Wake up to the silence
After judgment day.
Sleep and fade away
Inside these walls we wait.
Wake up to the silence
After judgment day.
"I fall asleep and fade away
In the dark.
Too tired to keep going,
I want to remain this way. It's better to do nothing but wait.
It's better to just being like this."
Lyrics submitted by Afterburn
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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.
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And a good chunk of them have sacrificed their lives in order for their voice to be heard.
For the most part, it is so true that it does take more effort to change then it does to remain the same. Therefore we do lay back in our chains.
Sleep and fade away Inside these walls we wait. Wake up to the silence After judgment day.
Is it us that will sleep and fade away or the voices of those who stood up? And as for judgement day, we will reap the consequences of staying in the comfort of our chains.
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I have to say I agree with missjaxter. Pretty much covers the song for me.
The sun fades beyond the water as we bring on the night. Our inaction brings on the darkness. It is our fault, because we will not 'stand out from the rows Of wayward and misguided silent souls.'
"I fall asleep and fade away In the dark. Too tired to keep going, I want to remain this way. It's better to do nothing but wait. It's better to just being like this." Hits the nail on the head really. I love this song and its lyrics.