"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.
Now is the climax to the story
That gives the demons and angels purpose
They fly around while we are walking
And mold our emotions just to please them
I am cold, can you hear
I will fly, with no hope, no fear
And the ground, taunts my wings
Plummet as I sing, plummet as I sing
All we are is an isle of flightless birds
We find our worth in giving birth and stuff
We're lining our homes against winding roads
And we think the going is tough
We pick songs to sing, remind us of things that no body cares about
And honestly we're probably more suicidal than ever now
If you decide to live by, what you think's wrong and what's right
Believe me you'll begin to wish you were sleeping
Your weeping will creep in head and you'll cry
But if we wake up every morning and decide what we believe
We can take a part our very heart and the light will set us free
I am cold, can you hear
I will fly, with no hope, no fear
And the ground, taunts my wings
Plummet as I sing, plummet as I sing
I am cold, can you hear
I will fly, with no hope, no fear
And the ground, taunts my wings
Plummet as I sing, plummet as I sing
How frustrating, and so degrading
His time, we're wasting
As time will fly by and the sky will cry as light is fading
And he is waiting, oh so patiently
While we repeat the same routine as we will please comfortability
Please think about why you can't sleep in the evening
And please don't be afraid of what your soul is really thinking
Your soul knows good and evil, your soul knows both sides
And it's time you pick your battle, and I promise you this is mine
That gives the demons and angels purpose
They fly around while we are walking
And mold our emotions just to please them
I am cold, can you hear
I will fly, with no hope, no fear
And the ground, taunts my wings
Plummet as I sing, plummet as I sing
All we are is an isle of flightless birds
We find our worth in giving birth and stuff
We're lining our homes against winding roads
And we think the going is tough
We pick songs to sing, remind us of things that no body cares about
And honestly we're probably more suicidal than ever now
If you decide to live by, what you think's wrong and what's right
Believe me you'll begin to wish you were sleeping
Your weeping will creep in head and you'll cry
But if we wake up every morning and decide what we believe
We can take a part our very heart and the light will set us free
I am cold, can you hear
I will fly, with no hope, no fear
And the ground, taunts my wings
Plummet as I sing, plummet as I sing
I am cold, can you hear
I will fly, with no hope, no fear
And the ground, taunts my wings
Plummet as I sing, plummet as I sing
How frustrating, and so degrading
His time, we're wasting
As time will fly by and the sky will cry as light is fading
And he is waiting, oh so patiently
While we repeat the same routine as we will please comfortability
Please think about why you can't sleep in the evening
And please don't be afraid of what your soul is really thinking
Your soul knows good and evil, your soul knows both sides
And it's time you pick your battle, and I promise you this is mine
Lyrics submitted by Ragefreak, edited by stephanie1234, Taikuus, Modlovecat
Isle Of Flightless Birds Lyrics as written by Tyler Joseph
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think this song about just believe is what you believe in and not what others pressure you to believe in.
""" If you decide to live by what you think's wrong and what's right Believe me you'll begin to wish you were sleeping your weeping will creep in your head and you'll cry But if we wake up every morning and decide what we believe we can take apart our very heart and the life will set us free """
Instead of letting others set what you believe, like religion or anything, wake up every morning and decide what YOU believe, and the pressure lifted off of you will set your life free.
As for the rest of the song, what i could see it correlating with this verse above is that the angels and demons know what they believe, while you are pressured to what you believe. You have wings, but you don't know if you truly believe, so they are flightless, but "if we wake up every morning and decide what we believe we can take apart our very heart and the life will set us free"
@GregYan I agree. I am amazed at what some people come up with sometimes. <br /> <br /> The first response sounds like a response where that's what they want the song to be about, but I think it couldn't be more off base and is exactly the opposite. Religion, politics, law all create a lot of wrongs when you look at it pragmatically and keep emotion out of it. <br /> <br /> For example, partying, sexual deeds, etc. People do what they want and then are taught to punish themselves for it and others punish them for it. Is it really "wrong" because some one else tells you its wrong? Is it really wrong if it doesn't hurt anyone directly?<br /> <br /> I'm not answering that question, because I am not God, if there is one. Seems like it sometimes, but then again it seems like there isn't at others. But wait, It's simple, just have faith, right? Well, which religion do we choose from? <br /> <br /> Make the right choice, or you will be abominated. The abomination from others can cause the most pain and confusion for some. The right choice is learned or communicated by the people we are around. So, what's right may be different for a person living in the Middle East than it is for a person in the United States. But some people come up with their own religious beliefs for example regardless of where they live and go by them and are happy.<br /> <br /> My experience in life seems to have shown me that to a degree, the only way to avoid hurting people and pain and suffering is to keep your head down, your mouth shut and your eyes closed and turn your brain off and live a simple life. That doesn't come from religion, that comes from my experience. Catch is, that is much harder to do for some people than others, and that can be a biological/psychological/personality/soulful thing as much as anything else. To me these people are those who feel like "flightless birds" when living this simple life. These people are often creatives in a broad sense. They create new things that did not exist before, not just visual artists. I consider scientists creatives, not just musicians, to paint a picture. Without creatives, we would have no music and the world would be the same as it always was.<br /> <br /> I do belive, that those who feel like flightless birds must not believe in religion. I mean, how can you expect to go to Heaven if you go against your region? Take Christianity, make no question, there is Hell to pay as far as the Bible is concerned. But if you are an objective person, who is to say there is a Heaven? And who is to say living life like a "flightless bird" ins't hell on earth? But again, this is a mindf*ck that things like religion can create for an individual like that.<br /> <br /> What throws the entire song off in my opinion is where they speak of knowing good and evil. If you listen to the song "Heathens", you have to wonder if that song is personal to them. Well, I can answer that after watching an interview about it. IT IS. In fact, I would be surprised if he could put it any more clearly that this song 100% applies to them. Listen to the lyrics of THAT song, and you may be like me. What exactly do they define as good and evil? No judgement, it just seems a little hard to decipher any concrete message with that line thrown in there, because it seems that it was globally applied.