"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.
So much blood I'm starting to drown
It runs from cold to colder
Time to time the skies come down
And help me lose my way
Tears and lies for answers
You and open veins
God knows I'm gone
Girl I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These sins are mine and I've done wrong, oh babe
Come on down
Come on down my babe, wrong time I know
Long gone day (woah, woah-oh yeah)
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
See you all from time to time
Isn't it so strange how far away we all are now
Am I the only one who remembers that summer?
Oh woah, I remember
Everyday each time a place was saved
The music that we made
The wind has carried all of that away
Long gone day
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
So many tears I'm starting to drown
The rains in heaven must all come down
Silver spoons that fix the crown
The luckless ones are broken
Fears and lies for answers
You and open flames
God knows I'm gone
And I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These Sins are mine and I've done wrong
I want you to, oh I just want you to
Come on down
I fear again, like then, I lost my way
Shout to God to bring my sunny day
It runs from cold to colder
Time to time the skies come down
And help me lose my way
Tears and lies for answers
You and open veins
God knows I'm gone
Girl I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These sins are mine and I've done wrong, oh babe
Come on down
Come on down my babe, wrong time I know
Long gone day (woah, woah-oh yeah)
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
See you all from time to time
Isn't it so strange how far away we all are now
Am I the only one who remembers that summer?
Oh woah, I remember
Everyday each time a place was saved
The music that we made
The wind has carried all of that away
Long gone day
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
So many tears I'm starting to drown
The rains in heaven must all come down
Silver spoons that fix the crown
The luckless ones are broken
Fears and lies for answers
You and open flames
God knows I'm gone
And I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These Sins are mine and I've done wrong
I want you to, oh I just want you to
Come on down
I fear again, like then, I lost my way
Shout to God to bring my sunny day
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Long Gone Day Lyrics as written by Layne Staley Barrett Martin
Lyrics © Red Brick Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
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this is one of the most beautiful songs ever.
to me, it's about regret. things you wish you said, things you wish you did.
despite all the crap that's happened since, he remembers one summer fondly, even if no one else does. he want's to hold on to that summer forever.
i've had a summer like that. i always feel like i'm the only one who remembers what a good time we had. all the friends that shared it with me have forgotten.
kinda makes me teary-eyed.
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No, it's not about Jerry and him. If you read the liner notes of Above, the album this song came from, he mentions who was there that summer. <br /> <br /> This is also talked about in Adriana Rubio's biography of Layne Staley called Get Born Again.