"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.
Pressing on about our business
Comfort is getting too expensive
Hot shots for the pigeons
With a death sentence
You're something like a pistol
That's been polished bright
But if it never leaves the holster
It can never save your life
I need a meaning I can get behind
To be alone is to be alive
A better message to subscribe to
To be alone is to be alive
Set sun, I'm an hour older
Mile markers punctuate the shoulder
Harboring delusions of grandeur
You're something like a canvas
That's been stretched and primed
You can become something priceless
Or you could be a waste of time
I need a meaning, I can get behind
To be alone is to be alive
A better message to subscribe to
To be alone is to be alive
This is the best time to be alone
To be alone is to be alive
Consider where complaining gets you
To be alone is to be alive
We're living much too
We're living much too comfortably for me
Keep drifting, keep drifting aimlessly
Stay with me, stay with me
We'll stay busy, stay busy
Endless trips to anywhere
To end up where we'll be
I need a meaning, I can get behind
To be alone is to be alive
A better message to subscribe too
To be alone is to be alive
This is the best time to be alone
To be alone is to be alive
Consider where complaining gets you
To be alone is to be alive
Comfort is getting too expensive
Hot shots for the pigeons
With a death sentence
You're something like a pistol
That's been polished bright
But if it never leaves the holster
It can never save your life
I need a meaning I can get behind
To be alone is to be alive
A better message to subscribe to
To be alone is to be alive
Set sun, I'm an hour older
Mile markers punctuate the shoulder
Harboring delusions of grandeur
You're something like a canvas
That's been stretched and primed
You can become something priceless
Or you could be a waste of time
I need a meaning, I can get behind
To be alone is to be alive
A better message to subscribe to
To be alone is to be alive
This is the best time to be alone
To be alone is to be alive
Consider where complaining gets you
To be alone is to be alive
We're living much too
We're living much too comfortably for me
Keep drifting, keep drifting aimlessly
Stay with me, stay with me
We'll stay busy, stay busy
Endless trips to anywhere
To end up where we'll be
I need a meaning, I can get behind
To be alone is to be alive
A better message to subscribe too
To be alone is to be alive
This is the best time to be alone
To be alone is to be alive
Consider where complaining gets you
To be alone is to be alive
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Delusions of Grandeur Lyrics as written by Francis Mark Brian Deneeve
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"To be alone to be alive."
Nice song :)
this song just provokes emotion. the way it is sung clenches at your chest.
Those lyrics are wrong.. It's "To be alone's to be alive." Jeez. This song is very well written. I especially like the line, "You're something like a canvas..." I enjoy the use of similes. :3
yes, these lyrics are awesome! I think it's obvious that this song is about the psychopathological condition called megalomania.. where you think you're really rich, powerful or even god.
"i need a meaning i can get behind" reflects that, maybe that he is becoming or feeling obsessed and needs something good in his "real" life to not get completely taken away by this condition
at least thats my feeling.. what do you think? anyway, fucking deep stuff!
I'm not understanding the reference to pigeons, but in general, this song is definatly deep. Full of emotion, its my favorite on the CD. I think its talking about the present situation in the world today, where there is a huge unfilled gap between comfortable living and poverty. Somone is either living at a fairly good quality of life and able to afford the extras they appreciate, or they are living in poverty and barely able to live day to day. "comfort is getting too expensive" Sometimes I wonder if the pigeons is referring to the general richer or more comfortable public, such as black suit workers and such. Or if it is the oppisite, someone who is living in the manner they choose which is often against society "hot shots for the pigeons with a death sentence". If anyone has any ideas on that, please add them. As for the chorus, it reminds me of feeling lost and alone and needing to find something that makes you feel every so slightly steady and alive again. But at the same time "To be alone is to be alive" reminds me of isolation and someone who's living in it appreciating their loneliness but unable to ever be comfortable or happy with it. It's like some peoples depression. "harbouring Delusions of Grandeur" I believe is someone who has bloated dreams, and is unable to make more realistic ones, possibly. They feel like all these huge things could happen, and when they don't they are so devasted and disapointed. Maybe due to this disapointment they live in isolation in hope that less of these exagerated dreams will become, and therefore less disapointment will result. Those are my guesses, some please do this song justice and explain it descriptively and well!
I think it's about a friend/love interest in someone that is not reaching their potential and it's driving them crazy. The writer wants to show them them a better world they deserve, but it's not working.
he doesn't feel alive around people, only when he is alone he feels alive, cuz he can divulge into his fantasies, and his expectations are so high that no one can satisfy him, so he never lets his guard down around people, never content. he's constantly disappointed in people around him so he's only alive when he's alone by himself.
This is about the difference between potential and what actually happens In this case probably emotional attachments to people "you could become something priceless or you could be a waste of time" He's pondering over whether it may be better to just be alone instead of risking it all in the hands of someone else "to be alone's to be alive"
One of their best.
Pressing on about our business comfort is getting too expensive hot shots for the pigeons with a death sentence you're something like a pistol that's been polished bright but if it never leaves the holster, it can never save your life
I need a meaning I can get behind [To be alone, to be alive] a better message to subscribe to
set sun im an hour older mile markers punctuate the shoulder harboring delusions of grandeur you're something like a canvas that's been stretched and primed you could become something priceless or you could be a waste of time
I need a meaning i can get behind [To be alone, to be alive] a better message to subscribe to
this is the time to be alive [To be alone, to be alive] if you consider where complaining gets you [To be alone, to be alive] were living much too [were living much too] comfortably for me keep drifting keep drifting aimless stay with me [stay with me] and we'll stay busy [stay busy] on endless trips to anywhere to end up where we'll be
I need a meaning i can get behind [To be alone, to be alive] a better message to subscribe to [To be alone, to be alive] This is the best time to be alive [To be alone, to be alive] If you consider where complaining gets you [To be alone, to be alive]