"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.
Winded is the sailor drifting by the storm
Wounded is the organ he left all bloodied on the shore
Gorgeous was his savior, sees her drowning in his wake
A daily taste the salt of her tears but a chance blamed fate
Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake
The smallest oceans still get big big waves
Ransom paid the Devil
He whispers pleasing words
Triumphant are the angels if they can a get there first
Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake
The smallest oceans still get big big waves
I'll decide
Take the dive
Take my time
Not my life
Wait for signs
Believe in lies
To get by
It's divine, oh whoa
Oh, you know what it's like
Turns the bow back, tows and drops the line
Puts his faith and love in tremor Christ
Wounded is the organ he left all bloodied on the shore
Gorgeous was his savior, sees her drowning in his wake
A daily taste the salt of her tears but a chance blamed fate
Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake
The smallest oceans still get big big waves
Ransom paid the Devil
He whispers pleasing words
Triumphant are the angels if they can a get there first
Little secrets, tremors, turned to quake
The smallest oceans still get big big waves
I'll decide
Take the dive
Take my time
Not my life
Wait for signs
Believe in lies
To get by
It's divine, oh whoa
Oh, you know what it's like
Turns the bow back, tows and drops the line
Puts his faith and love in tremor Christ
Lyrics submitted by Ark, edited by orangebeaker, mrsel9
Tremor Christ Lyrics as written by Eddie Vedder David Abbruzzese
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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this is a song about deciding between right and wrong
But it seems to me it also criticizes what is perceived as right or the inability to figure out what is wrong
Winded is the sailor...drifting by the storm... Wounded is the organ he left all...bloodied on the shore... (The guy is tired of not having control of his life, his heart he left behind on the shore.) Gorgeous was his savior, sees her...drowning in his wake... Daily taste the salt of her tears, but...a chance blamed fate... (His girl was gorgeous, but he is leaving her behind in his wake. He is blaming his problems on Fate) Little secrets, tremors...turned to quake... The smallest oceans still get...big, big waves... (He kept his addiction secret, just had tremors to deal with, but now the tremors have become HUGE Quakes he cannot hide. The smallest amount of the addiction can turn Big, Big.) Ransom paid the Devil...He whispers pleasing words... Triumphant are the angels if they can...a get there first... (He paid money to the dealer which is refered to as the Devil. The dealer told him pleasing words. The angels can save him if they can get there first, meaning if he can get ahold of himself and think sanely before he needs another fix.) The next few lines are him changing his mind, wanting to get his life back. Then he turns the bow back and decides to go back to his girl, and put his faith and love in the tremor christ, which basically means he is going to try to deal with the tremors, and get help. Difficult song to understand.
I have no idea how you got that out of that but I agree with you.
Sounds to me like it might be about drug addiction or something that he chooses over a woman...he wants her but he's got a problem thats out of control
The subject of the song was in a loving relationship. He drifted through the storms, meaning he went with the flow of danger and failed to keep himself away from temptation. In a moment he has cheated on the girl, who was his savior. He watches her suffer from the wake of his actions.
He feels that generally he's a good guy. The devil tempted him this one time, he made a mistake in a weak moment but feels little real responsibility for it, like it was a natural thing to do rather than an evil act. Still he faces the consequences.
At the end of the song he's accepting this tendency to adhere to "evil" and his ability to wrong other people through what appear to him to be insignifcant actions. Rather than hate himself for it he's choosing to accept himself in this way, to forgive himself for being who he is. The christ connection is the forgiveness aspect as "forgiving" is the core christian philosphy.
Little secrets becoming big big waves is obviously about how the guilt of a small secret kept can ballooon and turn into so much more.
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Gnar song. idk what to say about it...
I agree with seba I agree this song is about deciding between right and wrong, or good versus evil. Do you listen to the devil on your one shouder or the angel on your other shoulder. Also dealing with the impact of which ever decision you choose to make.
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this song I think is about a guy who depends on a girl so much it's like she is his savior and when she leaves he just can't take it. Gorgeous was his saviour, sees her, drowning in the lake Daily taste the salt of her tears but a chance blamed fate. I think these lines back up my meaning. Just a thought
"i'm not sure what this is about....losing faith in something, i think...but it is the GROOVIEST song ever: just listen to it and groove, especially in the beginning when the ament kicks in...good shiite"