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Mat Kearney – Renaissance Lyrics 15 years ago
Since the second stanza seems to imply that he's the one driving the car, I think that the whole car crash is metaphorical. I think he means that his family was depending on him, he let them down, but then "I grabbed her hand hard until she started breathing" might imply that he's trying to save them. I agree with arcteryx74 that renaissance in this case means to be born again, so perhaps he realized, during the "car crash" that he needed to change.

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