"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 lie awake at night
With blue eyes that never cry
All you remember now
Is what you feel
The truth remains
In midnight conversations
I asked for this moment
But you turned away
Sad like a lonely child
Broken the day you're born
I held the light to you
But I was so vain
And you remain
A promise unfulfilled
I ask you for more
But you push me away
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside
Everything means more now than
Words could explain
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside us
Looking for something more to say
I don't know where I'm going
Only know where I been
But you move through my soul like a hurricane wind
We've been so lost for so long
I don't know how to get back again
And we're drowning in the water
That flows under this bridge
When you're fighting the current
You forget how to live
And I wanted to reach you but I don't know where to begin
And you remain
A promise unfulfilled until today
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside
Everything means more now than
Words could explain
And if we feel the silence
Leaving this all behind us
When it's gone what will you say
How do we hold on [Repeats]
You lie awake at night
With blue eyes that never cry
With blue eyes that never cry
All you remember now
Is what you feel
The truth remains
In midnight conversations
I asked for this moment
But you turned away
Sad like a lonely child
Broken the day you're born
I held the light to you
But I was so vain
And you remain
A promise unfulfilled
I ask you for more
But you push me away
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside
Everything means more now than
Words could explain
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside us
Looking for something more to say
I don't know where I'm going
Only know where I been
But you move through my soul like a hurricane wind
We've been so lost for so long
I don't know how to get back again
And we're drowning in the water
That flows under this bridge
When you're fighting the current
You forget how to live
And I wanted to reach you but I don't know where to begin
And you remain
A promise unfulfilled until today
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside
Everything means more now than
Words could explain
And if we feel the silence
Leaving this all behind us
When it's gone what will you say
How do we hold on [Repeats]
You lie awake at night
With blue eyes that never cry
Lyrics submitted by wheaties409
Feel the Silence Lyrics as written by John T Rzeznik
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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can't believe more haven't posted on this song. when i first heard the song i thought "if we feel the silence" line was something to do with an ending of a relationship, because you feel something is wrong and you don't talk when you are about to break up with somebody. However after reading the lyrics i agree with music psycho and gonletitslide. It's about helping a friend open up to the world and be themselves when they are going through a tough time. My favourite song on the album along with let love in. dolls rock!
forgot to add that "blue eyes that never cry" is a very powerful line for me, don't know about everybody else???
i agree with gladius, "you lie awake at night, with blue eyes that never cry" is an amazing line. to me it symbolizes someone who is so lost or depressed that they just can't cry, they don't know who they are or why they're so insignificant.. or something along those lines. hard to explain. but incredible song.
This song is very touching to me..
I was fighting with a female friend and I realize that it wasn't the same, and that I wanted to reach her but I never knew how to do it... That's why I think this song is about a relation (friendship or love relationship) that is ending, he knows where he's been but he doesn't know where he's going, he remembers how this relation used to be, but it just not the same, and maybe it will be not the same anymore. Maybe this song is not about a friendship, but phrases like "and if we feel the silence holding this all inside us looking for something more to say..." were saying what I was living, with the silence bringing our friendship down and me trying to say something to break the silence.
This song has amazing lines "you lie awake at night with blue eyes that never cry", "everything means more now than words could explain" and my favorite:
"when it's gone, what will you say?" That's why I'm asking now, what will I say?...
I have never heard this song, but I think that just by reading the lyrics, it is an amazing song. You may know someone who you care about. They may be struggling with something. Maybe their life is hard. But you can't reach them. You only know that something is wrong, and no matter how much you would like to help, they can't seem to let you in. It's really quite sad, but true. It happens
i think this song is about dealing with someone who is constantly dealing with their problems and troubles...he wants to help this person and become part of their world and he's basically just saying that sometimes silence is more powerful than words
absolutely beautiful...just does something to me. listening to it rite now.
absolutely beautiful...just does something to me. listening to it rite now.
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He made a promise to her, but hasn't been able to fufill it until now. Despite the fact that shes been hurt, he wants to be mroe to her then he is now, but not to her. I think that they have a feeling for one anotehr that means more to them then they can explain.