"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.
Throw stones Even though you live in a glass house on your own And I don't sympathize or criticize Rumour has it you've got something to say You've got nothing on me Nothing on me Rumour has it you keep repeating yourself You've got nothing on me Nothing on me
Second mind Second sight Second skin Go within Ripped apart Ripped apart on sight Fork tongue It's like a razor when you want to use it And use it wrong And I don't compromise or socialise
Rumour has it you've got something to say You've got nothing on me Nothing on time Second mind Second sight Second skin Go within Ripped apart Ripped apart on sight Ripped apart, ripped apart, ripped apart
Goddamn, shit, I'm feeling it When we see each other it's throw time When we see each other it's throw time When we see each other it's go time You throw stones and I don't criticise You throw stones and I don't sympathize...with you
Second mind Second sight Second skin Go within Ripped apart Ripped apart on sight Fork tongue It's like a razor when you want to use it And use it wrong And I don't compromise or socialise
Rumour has it you've got something to say You've got nothing on me Nothing on time Second mind Second sight Second skin Go within Ripped apart Ripped apart on sight Ripped apart, ripped apart, ripped apart
Goddamn, shit, I'm feeling it When we see each other it's throw time When we see each other it's throw time When we see each other it's go time You throw stones and I don't criticise You throw stones and I don't sympathize...with you
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Ripped Apart Lyrics as written by Jonathan David Miller Bradley James Fafara
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the meaning is pretty obivious, its about criticism, and the whole "don't throw stones if you live in a glass house" thing comes into too. pretty well written song too, hell i think this song could be part 2 to 'I Could Care Less', thats just me saying that
yea, deffiantly about criticism, when someone cristicises somebody even when you they cant do any better than themselves (throw stones....) but i think its also talks about going against them, taking there criticism and turning it against them and ripping them apart after they try to criticize you
could someone please tell me what you think the part that sais "second wind. second sight. second skin. go within! ripped apart!!!" means? i don't quite get that part. i just want someone else's opinion
Hmm. Second wind usually referes to a return to form. Like if a boxer gets his "second wind" it means he's got a burst of energy and is starting to fight back harder. Second skin could just mean tougher against the criticism. Second sight will need a bit more imagination though. Maybe the insults are all too predictable so you see them coming, or something like that!!
Ripped apart itself I'd say is a verbal thing. Whenever you're seen by someone who doesnt agree with you or, in my case, hates the way I dress (like chavs and trendies) the usual result is a torrent of abuse. Hence ripped apart on sight.
Fits the whole criticism thing nicely I thought!
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