"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 I think you are a fool
Hanging on my every word
It's getting ugly
So I'm ugly
Tear me from your heart
Tearing me apart
So I thought you'd disappear
Being alone is what you fear
Are you lonely?
Yes, lonely
Tear me from your heart
Tearing me apart
Rolling and throwing, consoling
Everything that goes this far
Joking and hoping, revolting
All that shit that's who you are
Holding and scolding, revolving
Peel it back, reveal the scar
Loathing, exploding, controlling
This is what you really are
The time is coming
God is saying
You're feeling happy
You've won the game
The time is coming
A bed of flames
Your life is over and you're to blame
The time is coming
You've gone insane
You're feeling happy
You've won the game
The time is coming
A bed of flames
Your life is over and you're to blame
Rolling and throwing, consoling
Everything that goes this far
Joking and hoping, revolting
All that shit that's who you are
Holding and scolding, revolving
Peel it back, reveal the scar
Loathing, exploding, controlling
This is what you really are
Rolling and throwing, consoling
Everything that goes this far
Joking and hoping, revolting
All that shit that's who you are
Holding and scolding, revolving
Peel it back, reveal the scar
Loathing, exploding, controlling
This is what you really are
Hanging on my every word
It's getting ugly
So I'm ugly
Tear me from your heart
Tearing me apart
So I thought you'd disappear
Being alone is what you fear
Are you lonely?
Yes, lonely
Tear me from your heart
Tearing me apart
Rolling and throwing, consoling
Everything that goes this far
Joking and hoping, revolting
All that shit that's who you are
Holding and scolding, revolving
Peel it back, reveal the scar
Loathing, exploding, controlling
This is what you really are
The time is coming
God is saying
You're feeling happy
You've won the game
The time is coming
A bed of flames
Your life is over and you're to blame
The time is coming
You've gone insane
You're feeling happy
You've won the game
The time is coming
A bed of flames
Your life is over and you're to blame
Rolling and throwing, consoling
Everything that goes this far
Joking and hoping, revolting
All that shit that's who you are
Holding and scolding, revolving
Peel it back, reveal the scar
Loathing, exploding, controlling
This is what you really are
Rolling and throwing, consoling
Everything that goes this far
Joking and hoping, revolting
All that shit that's who you are
Holding and scolding, revolving
Peel it back, reveal the scar
Loathing, exploding, controlling
This is what you really are
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I think this song is about people who pretend to be all nice and cute and innocent but in reality are just manipulating others around them, hating and envying them (the corus) because they are lonely... however the guilt of what they are doing makes them hate themselves.
So I think you are a fool Hanging on my every word It's getting ugly So I'm ugly
So I thought you'd disappear Being alone is what you fear Are you lonely? Yes, lonely
Both sides of the conversation are the same guy talking down to himself dispreciatly.
Tear me from your heart Tearing me apart
I think that he is secretly praying that everyone will see through his farce, tearing their bonds from him and hurting him in the process.
The time is coming God is saying You're feeling happy You've won the game The time is coming A bed of flames Your life is over and you're to blame The time is coming You've gone insane You're feeling happy You've won the game The time is coming A bed of flames Your life is over and you're to blame
I think that this is when people find out about the darkness inside of him. He has been carrying on the lie until he has everyone fooled and then a mistake (the bed of flames) and he has been revealed as a "bad person" alianizing him from his old peers maybe forever (Your life is over and you're to blame )
This is just my interpretation so forgive my rant and my bad spelling... thank you
Jon shows in this song how long he can hold a note, and he does it well
this song has a tight ass beat!! and it is kool
this song will probably be their 3rd single, i think this is better than thoughtless.
I like both of them. But I would like "Embrace" for a video.
My favorite song on Untouchables.
My interpretation of this song is about someone who may have had a crush on one of his/her friend's but the relationship went sour because of the crush or something else. It doesn't necessarily have to be a crush but just someone he/she cares about. So now things are ugly and they both hate each other, although one of them still has a crush on the other ("Tear me from your heart, tearing me apart"). That's just my perspective. Haha, I'm going through something similiar right now and that verse, "Loathing, exploding, controlling, etc..." describes my crush perfectly.
Oh and I agree with RadioKoRn
good song, good song.. not my favorite but hey thats just me.
It's aight.