"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.
There is nothing.
There is nothing, I would not give.
These are the days of calm (These are the days of calm)
Please understand these are the days of calm.
We don't forget.
We don't forgive.
There is nothing, I would not give.
These are the days of calm (These are the days of calm)
Please understand these are the days of calm.
We don't forget.
We don't forgive.
Lyrics submitted by Sam420, edited by SirDalvion
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again, not 100% sure on the lyrics, mainly the God part. I only assumed this because of the song it leads in to.
Correct Lyrics are:
There is nothing I would not give These are the days of calm Please understand these are the days of calm We don't forget We don't forgive
I like this song.
But I have no idea what it could be about.
=\ has the same riff in horizons
but its great what they did very unique, not many bands use the same riffs in 2 different songs i love this song
I think this song is an obvious lead-in to Breaking Point. Allow me to be a little more detailed.
"There is nothing I would not give." --To me, he is talking about material possessions. He would give away everything he owns to have the world be better (I know, it doesn't make sense. Read on. Trust me, it will make sense).
"These are the days of calm." --The "calm before the storm" scenario. Again, this whole song is a lead-in to Breaking Point. Following the lyrics from Breaking Point, this interpretation of at least this line is obvious.
"Please understand these are the days of calm." --Begging humanity to realize that the world isn't better; in fact, it is about to completely go to shit. Again, the "calm before the storm."
"We don't forget. We don't Forgive." --Talking about humanity. We (humans) do not forget or forgive anyone or anything. This is why wars happen. This is why violence happens. This is why the world is starting to crumble.
Breaking Point goes on to kick ass and further the points I made above. Just my 2 cents though.