"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.
Yeah, I'm running off the rails
I've finally gone crazy
And the ground is spinning faster than my teeth could ever grind
I know it's a shame when success (does) complain,
But I can't remember my name
In the absolute wrong I have made this place to lay my head
A reoccurring nightmare
I never trust, I never rest
I've become another victim of this self-serving device
My cock does all the talking
My mouth now just for lie
I'm winding down to nothing
It's suddenly come clear
I'm winding down to nothing
A human smoke that fills the air
What can you believe?
That is the question
I have you on a string
Something yet up my sleeve
Bury me deep, as we have our unborn child
In this world, yet cold enough to host this seed of endless ugliness
In a sea of corruption,
A wake of lie, so wildly I have stirred
I'm winding down to nothing
It's suddenly come clear
I'm winding down to nothing
A human smoke that fills the air
What can you believe?
That is the question
I have you on a string
Something yet up my sleeve
(My love is but a lie, always reaping what I've sown)
(Taking you down to degrees you'll never known)
I've finally gone crazy
And the ground is spinning faster than my teeth could ever grind
I know it's a shame when success (does) complain,
But I can't remember my name
In the absolute wrong I have made this place to lay my head
A reoccurring nightmare
I never trust, I never rest
I've become another victim of this self-serving device
My cock does all the talking
My mouth now just for lie
I'm winding down to nothing
It's suddenly come clear
I'm winding down to nothing
A human smoke that fills the air
What can you believe?
That is the question
I have you on a string
Something yet up my sleeve
Bury me deep, as we have our unborn child
In this world, yet cold enough to host this seed of endless ugliness
In a sea of corruption,
A wake of lie, so wildly I have stirred
I'm winding down to nothing
It's suddenly come clear
I'm winding down to nothing
A human smoke that fills the air
What can you believe?
That is the question
I have you on a string
Something yet up my sleeve
(My love is but a lie, always reaping what I've sown)
(Taking you down to degrees you'll never known)
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I'm Charming Lyrics as written by David Lock Brian Eschbach
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Stanza #1: "Yeah I'm running of the rails, I've finally gone crazy And the ground is spinning faster than my teeth could ever grind." It's talking about how the pressure of fame has finally driven the narrator mad to the point of not being able to control his life. Stanza #2: "I know it's a shame when success was to blame, but I can't remember my name" The narrator has clarified that it was indeed fame that has driven him crazy to the point where he can't remember his name. Stanza #3: "In the absolute wrong, I have made this place to lay my head. A reocurring nightmare, I never trust I never rest." There's a sense of distrust the narrator feels, it's all a "reocurring nightmare" to him, the pressure and the paranoia never ceases to drive him mad. Stanza #4: "I've become another victim of this self-serving device. My cock does all the talking, my mouth now just for lie." This mentions how some amateur stars or artists have to resort to defiling themselves, i.e. sleeping with or involving in some sexual manner with the person in charge, the person who can get them to where they want to head, in this case, fame. Stanza #5: "I'm winding down to nothing, it suddenly comes clear. I'm winding down to nothing, human smoke that fills the air." This suggests that the narrator is dwindling down to a sub-human, someone who's not even decent enough to be considered human. The last line suggests that he (the narrator) is all nothing but lies and obscurities. Stanza #6: "What can you believe? That is the question. I have you on a string, something yet up my sleeve." That means to say that he's at the point of his career where he's all just full of shit right now. "I have you on a string, something yet up my sleeve" implies that he can make anyone easily believe anything he says to be the truth. Stanza #7: "Bury me deep, as we have an unborn child. In this world yet cold enough to host this seed of endless ugliness." He's just saying so much in this stanza. The top line implies that there are generations more to come of this depravity of humanity just for the success we as humans all crave. In the bottom line, he's saying that the rest of society do not care for what entertainers have to do to gain fame, as long as society has some source of entertainment. Stanza #8: "In a sea of corruption, a wake of lie so wildly I have stirred." It's just implying once again the corruption of the entertainment business, viewing entertainment corporations as parasites who defile entertainers for their own sake. Overall rating: 10/10
thanks for your explanaton<br /> I'm Asian so I always don't understand the real meaning of TBDM's lyrics<br /> it help me a lot to understand :D
I also forgot to add:
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BDM and AILD are awesome. Atreyu is kinda boring exceppt for the album "sucide notes and...". But THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER IS GAINING SOME RECOGNITION FOR THIER AWESOMENESS
BDM ALL THE WAY! AILD are boring, Atreyu managed to get back up on their feet though.
i happend to like AILD. if u dont, props, watever but i have to say atreyu is kinda mainstreamish. dont u think? u guys everyheard of lamb of god? dimmu borgir? it dies today? there fucking insane
TBDM is fucking outstanding live, this songs brutal
fuck metalcore, i used to listen to that but i got bored. BDM own all metalcore asses
ps. it's just an opinion, not facts