"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.
Bottles breaking on my face are
only your reminder of your love
I lost a lifetime ago
was I dreaming when I knew you? I don't know.
So once again I swim In Reverie
without your love
so long ago I cant remember now
where we began
Smell of burning photographs slides
slowly to my nostrils I try
remember the soft silence of
summer sweating in the evening
So once again I swim In Reverie
without your love
so long ago I cant remember now
where we began [3x]
where we began [3x]
only your reminder of your love
I lost a lifetime ago
was I dreaming when I knew you? I don't know.
So once again I swim In Reverie
without your love
so long ago I cant remember now
where we began
Smell of burning photographs slides
slowly to my nostrils I try
remember the soft silence of
summer sweating in the evening
So once again I swim In Reverie
without your love
so long ago I cant remember now
where we began [3x]
where we began [3x]
Lyrics submitted by Aerion
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I think the band decides what "the real Saves the Day" is, not emorawkprincez. If you like the old stuff better, that's great, but the new stuff is good too.
This disc is excellent. They changed their sound, and got away from the whiny, pop-punk sound that they had before. It took me a few listens to actually like it, and now it's one of my favorites by them.
Pff. This is the only good album they ever put out, imo. If Conley used himself more for stuff like this, we'd be better off. There are thousands of poppy punk bands out there, and while I admit Saves the Day does better than most at it, In Reverie is crazy good.
i'm tired of all these so called fans who bash anything that came out after TBC or SWYA. -You didn't want their sound to evolve into something more mature. They Did. And frankly, i'm so glad.
I'll admit, i didn't give saves the day a real listen until about the time that sound the alarm came out. But Because of that i was exposed to all of their records (excluding under the boards) at the same time. They are my favorite band now. I love All of their records, for their own reasons, and In Reverie is my favorite. Saves the Day is amazing for being so versatile with their song writing, consistently changing their sound on every record. And each record is pretty flawless, although there are a couple throw aways on UTB.
i love this song. no comments? more comments are definitely needed on the album itself too. i really love the album. i think this song is pretty straight forward though.
I love that he swims in reverie (daydream). I do that all the time.
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i meant he* in that last statement... my bad on the typeo!!!
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