"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.
Ashes of the innocent,
The end for you and me.
Darkened screams of agony,
Are begging set me free.
Mourning all your loved ones,
As their bodies turn to stone.
Violence hate and agony,
Are what we've grown to know.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Ashes of the innocent,
Remind me of the past.
Taking scars of victory,
The time has passed too fast.
Singing broken melodies,
Like shards of broken glass.
Ripping through my reverie,
These scars will never last.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Ashes of the innocent,
The end for you and me.
Darkened screams of agony,
Are begging set me free.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
The end for you and me.
Darkened screams of agony,
Are begging set me free.
Mourning all your loved ones,
As their bodies turn to stone.
Violence hate and agony,
Are what we've grown to know.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Ashes of the innocent,
Remind me of the past.
Taking scars of victory,
The time has passed too fast.
Singing broken melodies,
Like shards of broken glass.
Ripping through my reverie,
These scars will never last.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Ashes of the innocent,
The end for you and me.
Darkened screams of agony,
Are begging set me free.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
Hold me, Show me,
Bring me to my knees.
So as the fire burns,
And the tables turn.
We'll never rest in peace,
Rest in peace.
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I definitely get the feeling this is about the holocaust. I think the name of the song alone is enough to come to that conclusion and the lyrics certainly fit.
I haven't an idea what this song is trying to say, but I do know it has what I can only describe as "face melting double bass."
Haha, i agree about the double bass! This needs to be on rockband or something, so I can break another pedal!
definitely one of the best on the album..
Unreal thing that I got into first time I heard it xD Meaning is :
Scars don't let us to forget what we've done "We'll never rest in peace"
No matter what is going on, all we want is just to be embraced by the ones we love "Hold me show me, Bring me to my knees,"
all i can say is:
its one of the hardest songs they have.
and i love it so much.
and the double bass indeed melts your face off.
and the guitar solo will blow your mind.
and the vocals would make your ears bleed.
wheres the double bass????? i cant hear it lol<br /> but yeah this song kicks ass
the intro, the transition from the chorus into the 2nd verse, the transtion from the guitar solo into the 3rd verse...
this song basicly means that this guy doesnt want to be with this girl anymore and it tearing him apart with all the lies
I think this song is like a continuation of Scream Aim Fire. More about war and the effect it has on just normal people, and all you want to do is just be with the people you love, but you know that the terror won't just go away.
Yeah, that sound about right. But I think it can be taken two or three different ways.
i was thinking the same thing<br /> in times of war we cherise every moment cuz we dont know if it will be our last with the ones you love
Guitar Solo: wow Drums: WOW
NEVER REST IN PEEEEAAAACCCCEEEE....
its fucking intence
i agree with all the face melting bass the fucking insane solos
i think its suppose to be ripping threw my memory