"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.
Oh
Whoa
Their cries are blown away with the wind
How passive can we be before humanity is lost?
Turning our backs on those who need love
We must not rest while healing is needed
Tear down the veil
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself
Give your souls to compassion
With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life
So little time is left
We must be relentless
In our pursuit of those in torment
Tear down the veil (tear down the veil)
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself (dedicate yourself)
Become the voice of compassion
With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life
Yeah
Can you reject yourself?
Can you feel their agony?
In a world that feeds on disregard
Heal the broken hearted
Whoa
Their cries are blown away with the wind
How passive can we be before humanity is lost?
Turning our backs on those who need love
We must not rest while healing is needed
Tear down the veil
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself
Give your souls to compassion
With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life
So little time is left
We must be relentless
In our pursuit of those in torment
Tear down the veil (tear down the veil)
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself (dedicate yourself)
Become the voice of compassion
With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life
Yeah
Can you reject yourself?
Can you feel their agony?
In a world that feeds on disregard
Heal the broken hearted
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Reject Yourself Lyrics as written by Howard Jones Adam Dutkiewitz
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i try to look at the christian influence in all of killswitchs songs, theres usually a message in there somewhere. i think this is mostly about putting your life aside for others, but the second to last paragraph seems like its saying give yourself to the truth-GOD. man that guys great. well, thats me anyway.
I think the song is about rejecting your "pain" and selfesness, and to gain an understanding that there are people in this world that have absolutly nothing and have suffered far more then you. You souldn't be wasting time on your sorrows and help those that have suffered greater tragedy then you could possibling imagine. it's such a great message, most of the world is so self invovled that we've turned our backs to those that reallly need help, reject your sorrows and materialism.
Yes... KsE certainly has many Christian messages in their songs. This one especially. This song is talking about the general message of god - be selfless and love your brothers and sisters (other people in the world) as you would love yourself.
@DesertEMT ever seen these guys live ... they are far from showing christian influences
in my opinion, i think its about people who suffer in the world and this person(s) is turning their backs against them because they r only thinking or feeling sorry for themselves.
"can you reject yourself, can u feel their agony?" i think shows that u shouldnt b selfish and you should "reject yourself" to help others who need help more.
:) just my opinion! x x
so...you mean that this song tells to us to not be selfish?
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The music at the end is what gets me every time. I air guitar it all the time!
this is my favorite song on the cd... its about feeling the pain of the less fortunate and doing something it... its about how you need to reject yourself and all your material objects to understand that there are ppl in this world that dont have shit... i think this is an awsome messageee
yeah.. enough said by everyone else
If you want to look at it through a Christian view, you might say that the KSE book itemizes the Devil.
This man wants nothing more than to see his love one last time. He would do anything, including give his life. Think of the KSE book as a pact with the devil:
I let you see her once, and you die.
Just because someone has materially nothing doesn't mean they are suffering. KSE has a very spiritual tone to all their songs. This song is singing about the people who are lost in lies. The people who are without love the people who still have hate in their hearts. "Can you feel their agony" is not so much a question but is saying you should be able to feel their agony. Heal those in need.