"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.
if i was a fly
and i had a day left til i died
i would lay down til tomorrow
you're clipping my wings
i try to win you back
with all my words that you know mean nothing
you could have believed in me
and i
saw a tear
on a rose
and i swept it off for you
as i gag
on my guts
cause i'm watching you give up
im a tear
in the clock
as you walk away
i can almost taste the glaze
on your lips
smacking away
into the night
they say
at least he's my friend
he'll treat you kindly in the end
call me bitter
but i'm brimming with hate for both of you
a film is playing in my head
of you fornicating in his bed
the satin sheets are ruby red
like your nails that scarred my back
and i
saw a tear
on a rose
so i clipped it off for you
i'm a fly
on a wall
and i'm watching you give up
i'm a tear
in the clock
as you walk away
i can almost see a shade
of your blue eyes
fading away
into the night.
you never believed in me
but i will believe in me
now i
take a match
to the rose
that i gave, my love, to you
won't forgive
won't forget
and the rage will lift me up
i hope you choke on his tongue
as i walk away i will not watch his hands
as they deaftly pull you away
into the night.
and i had a day left til i died
i would lay down til tomorrow
you're clipping my wings
i try to win you back
with all my words that you know mean nothing
you could have believed in me
and i
saw a tear
on a rose
and i swept it off for you
as i gag
on my guts
cause i'm watching you give up
im a tear
in the clock
as you walk away
i can almost taste the glaze
on your lips
smacking away
into the night
they say
at least he's my friend
he'll treat you kindly in the end
call me bitter
but i'm brimming with hate for both of you
a film is playing in my head
of you fornicating in his bed
the satin sheets are ruby red
like your nails that scarred my back
and i
saw a tear
on a rose
so i clipped it off for you
i'm a fly
on a wall
and i'm watching you give up
i'm a tear
in the clock
as you walk away
i can almost see a shade
of your blue eyes
fading away
into the night.
you never believed in me
but i will believe in me
now i
take a match
to the rose
that i gave, my love, to you
won't forgive
won't forget
and the rage will lift me up
i hope you choke on his tongue
as i walk away i will not watch his hands
as they deaftly pull you away
into the night.
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Into The Night Lyrics as written by Bobby Wooten Keith Sweat
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Honestly? You truly don't think Max Bemis can write? You must enjoy Yellowcard's lyrics. Because most people with a functioning mind can connect the imagery of "I'm a tear in the clock as you walk away" as Max feels like he is the tear in the clock, as if time is stopping and nothing is moving as he's watching her walk away from him. If you notice he says tear as in rip not tear as in cry. People like you are why I wish SM didn't have a comment board and why I enjoy AP so much much more.
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Keep in mind: the songs off of Baseball are mostly written very early on in Max Bemis's life, mostly from the middle of his teen years. Teenagers aren't always going to hit spot on with figurative language. The fact that he came up with his own metaphor should be respected, even if you dislike it.
Max Bemis can write whatever he wants, <br /> And there is so much imagery in this song, when I hear "I’m a tear in the clock as you walk away"- I can imagine a broke heart, a torn heart. ticking, you know, the father clocks, <br /> either that, or a cooko clock, hes going insane, he loves the girl he is singing about, but hates her dearly.<br /> <br /> My ex boyfreind cheated on me. and around the same I found this song, and cried my eyes out, beacuse I connected to this song so much, and I could imagine everything max was saying, <br /> <br /> MAx bemis wrote this song to exspress his feelings, <br /> the words dont make you see, they make you feel, exactly as he did.