"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.
Do you think about
Everything you've been through?
You never thought you'd be so depressed
Are you wondering
Is it life or death?
Do you think that there's no one like you?
We are, we are, we are
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
The life I think about
Is so much better than this
I never thought I'd be stuck in this mess
I'm sick of wondering
Is it life or death?
I need to figure out who's behind me
We are, we are, we are
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
The life I think about
Is so much better than this
I never thought I'd be stuck in this mess
I'm sick of wondering
Is it life or death?
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd (crowd)
(We stand) we stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd (we stand)
We stand above the crowd
(We are the ones) we stand above the crowd
(We get knocked down, get back up) we stand above the crowd
(We are the ones) we stand above the crowd
(We get knocked down, get back up) we stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
Everything you've been through?
You never thought you'd be so depressed
Are you wondering
Is it life or death?
Do you think that there's no one like you?
We are, we are, we are
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
The life I think about
Is so much better than this
I never thought I'd be stuck in this mess
I'm sick of wondering
Is it life or death?
I need to figure out who's behind me
We are, we are, we are
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
The life I think about
Is so much better than this
I never thought I'd be stuck in this mess
I'm sick of wondering
Is it life or death?
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We are the ones
We get knocked down
We get back up, and stand above the crowd
We are one
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd (crowd)
(We stand) we stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd (we stand)
We stand above the crowd
(We are the ones) we stand above the crowd
(We get knocked down, get back up) we stand above the crowd
(We are the ones) we stand above the crowd
(We get knocked down, get back up) we stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
We stand above the crowd
Lyrics submitted by Aussiestevo
One-X Lyrics as written by Barry Stock Adam Gontier
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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It's actually about being around heaps of people but you still feel like your the odd one out like you have an x on you.
It's for all the people that feel alone even when they have friends, family, people to talk to yet this depression clouds their vision so they can't see help that is being offered, i feel it's a very deep song and can relate to it in many ways.
Being a teen i do have mood swings, and have been diagnosed with chronic depression so it's easy to understand the "we get knocked down, we get back up, and we stand above the crowd." for me its the depression kicks in, i take my meds and get back into a better mood and sometimes i can feel like im on top of the world.
man (or woman), i totally feel you im pretty much exactly how you described yourself except i havent been diagnosed yet but it feels good knowin im not alone. :)
i love u.. heheh yeah but i would say the same thing i think that was a fantastic answer
This song is about being singled out from the rest of the crowd. Being the one that has the bull's eye on their back.
The singer was an addict to opiates at one time. He wrote most of the songs on this album while in rehab. In everyones defense, these lyrics can be interpreted differently very fairly as they mean different things to everyone. I however share the same emotions involved as the author. It's about the deadly grip of addiction and how you either follow the program of recovery, or you continue life the best you can untill the bitter end of jails institutions or death. The ones who make the hardest decision of their life, to dedicate there lives to recovery from a fatal disease, become quite strong in mind body and spirit due to the intnse character building nessicary to succeed. We are the ones (meaning recovering addicts). We Get knocked down (to rock bottom), we get back up and stand above the crowd (we make the decision to turn our lives over, what didn't kill us makes us stronger. We are one (addicts band together in recovery in forms of meetings AA/NA. The things we go through is so intense only we understand the pain endured that make us so strong now, we are brothers and sisters)
Somehow with the title of the song, and even the whole album. I think it's a blanket statement for the Generation X crew. People in their later 20s and 30s. The whole album itself is very interesting... a great closing track to the album.
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I love this song! I've had so many times where I felt completely alone and felt like I didn't exist... So I could really relate! It has a very anthemic feel, and it’s a great closer!
What phoenix said is very close to what Adam said. Well put.
again, as I said, this song is about being singled out from the rest of the crowd. Being the one that has the bull's eye on their back.
I agree with Aussiestevo, it's mostly about being depressed and being singled out, feeling that you aren't noticed. Awesome song, one that I can really relate to. One X is seriously one of the best CDs I've bought, I wasted my money but it was so worth it! 3DG forever!
This song fits me perfectly, and im guessing very few of you know what its like to truely be alone. Yeah, i got friends, but they dont treat me equal, i go near em and they move away, yet they say their friends of mine. I classify them as enemies from now on. I have no one to look to, and no one to talk to. Besides, helps a sign of weakness. Anyway, on to my awesome translation, yeah, I got the X, the bullseye, the mistreatment. I think it shows the ones that are treated shitty early in life rise up later during the working years and rise up 'above the crowd' and become the greaters, looking down on old rivals.
I think it's about looking back on everything that happened in your life and realising you never meant to end up where you are, but at the same time realising that you rose and are better for it. fish n' chips Tineke
Daxunyrr I understand i have the same problem with my friends