"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.
You're my beloved and all together lovely,
As a gift that can't be bought,
As if gold could favor outweigh.
Your meaning to me, the secrets of the heart made manifest.
Even beauty's priced beside thee,
Proportioned by lot of the less.
Wishes fade, dreams break, promises made.
Takes away your will, takes your whole heart captive,
Just for one promise,
Sell it all for one true word to hold on to,
Face the shame of it all,
Safer to neglect, than open your callused heart.
Piece by piece, you have lost a part of yourself.
You share to gain but lose at love and learn to hate yourself.
More and more each day and all the days thereafter.
They labor to put together and regain what is gone forever,
Wishes fade, as dreams break, promise made, tomorrow takes
The most costly mistake is to try to change the past today.
The filth and the shame, they all wash away,
For you Christ will clean the slate.
Only love can fill the void,
When the world has taken it's toll,
Hand in hand, by your side,
We'll walk down this path together,
I'll take you to the place where promises will never break.
To the advent,
To the advent
To the advent of a miracle.
True love is to die for and is why I cry, for you.
And the pain you feel and feed can heal,
If you'd just walk with me toward the light.
As a gift that can't be bought,
As if gold could favor outweigh.
Your meaning to me, the secrets of the heart made manifest.
Even beauty's priced beside thee,
Proportioned by lot of the less.
Wishes fade, dreams break, promises made.
Takes away your will, takes your whole heart captive,
Just for one promise,
Sell it all for one true word to hold on to,
Face the shame of it all,
Safer to neglect, than open your callused heart.
Piece by piece, you have lost a part of yourself.
You share to gain but lose at love and learn to hate yourself.
More and more each day and all the days thereafter.
They labor to put together and regain what is gone forever,
Wishes fade, as dreams break, promise made, tomorrow takes
The most costly mistake is to try to change the past today.
The filth and the shame, they all wash away,
For you Christ will clean the slate.
Only love can fill the void,
When the world has taken it's toll,
Hand in hand, by your side,
We'll walk down this path together,
I'll take you to the place where promises will never break.
To the advent,
To the advent
To the advent of a miracle.
True love is to die for and is why I cry, for you.
And the pain you feel and feed can heal,
If you'd just walk with me toward the light.
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No Surprises
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Page
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One of the best hardcore bands of all times
is anyone from this band in Shai Hulud....cuz Shai Hulud sound so much like this band
the drummer from strongarm was also the drummer for shai hulud at one point, but now four of the five members from strongarm are in further seems forever.
They are a christian hardcore band right? If so I'm sure all you need to do is tie this in with god and you have the meaning. It's about sinning and being forgive I guess, just got that from the spoke word part in the middle.
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