"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.
Come on baby do you think it's good to feel
Like I'm lying here swimming in memories
I fear God because everything dies babe
Got a gun in the back of my car
A spasm of good sense is making my eye twitch
I've had enough of all your consolation
I'm drowning caught in a shit tide
Tape my face to the inside of love
Nothing to eat but fears in the back seat
Well I've met God and he had nothing to say to me
I pray to God that you're right before my eyes
Bathed in white light with halos in your eyes
Don't wanna waste no more time
Time's what we don't have
Everywhere I look someone dies
Wonder when it's my turn
How well do you know me?
Leave an open door, what you looking for
Babe when you come down?
I built a time machine to escape from
All the pain in the back of my car
Living's a problem because everything dies babe
Save yourself you're not too far away
I pray to God that you're right before my eyes
Bathed in white light with halos in your eyes
Don't wanna waste no more time
Time's what we don't have
Everywhere I look someone dies
Wonder when it's my turn
Like I'm lying here swimming in memories
I fear God because everything dies babe
Got a gun in the back of my car
A spasm of good sense is making my eye twitch
I've had enough of all your consolation
I'm drowning caught in a shit tide
Tape my face to the inside of love
Nothing to eat but fears in the back seat
Well I've met God and he had nothing to say to me
I pray to God that you're right before my eyes
Bathed in white light with halos in your eyes
Don't wanna waste no more time
Time's what we don't have
Everywhere I look someone dies
Wonder when it's my turn
How well do you know me?
Leave an open door, what you looking for
Babe when you come down?
I built a time machine to escape from
All the pain in the back of my car
Living's a problem because everything dies babe
Save yourself you're not too far away
I pray to God that you're right before my eyes
Bathed in white light with halos in your eyes
Don't wanna waste no more time
Time's what we don't have
Everywhere I look someone dies
Wonder when it's my turn
Lyrics submitted by Franco182, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies Lyrics as written by Simon Alexander Neil
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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The Video is pretty awesome too!
Great song, but I can't help feeling some of the lyrics are just...weak, and nowhere near as poetic as his older stuff..
For Example:
"wonder when it's my turn."
It's just seems tacky to me...
However, this stanza:
"I pray to God, that you're right before my eyes, bathed in White light, with Halos in your eyes."
Is up there with All the Way Down and Toys, Toys, Toys as some of his best lyrics.
it's obviously about the death of his mother aswell, just to give my 2 cents on the songs meaning.
@Rodders The part "wonder when it's my turn" is probably wonder when it's my turn to die because he realises it can happen at any time and life is so short so we don't have long
ooooooh yeah
"Weather you'r poor or weather your rich, everyone knows paybacks a bitch.."
This song is about Simon Neil's mum, who died shortly before the band went into the studio to write the new album.. "I pray to God, that you're right before my eyes, bathed in White light, with Halos in your eyes.", is in reference to her..
It's also about losing your faith in God ("I met God and he had nothing to say to me") after losing a loved one in such a manner.
The voices of the choir send a chill down my spine when i listen to it, and when you know what the words are about they suddenly seem alot less tacky... awesome song.. I now want this played at my funeral when i die lol =)
i want placebos cover of Running Up That Hill for my funeral.
Anyway, i love this song, the intro on the album is immense, since on the radio they start with the choir. One of my faves off of puzzle i reckon, along with Machines... he really has written some beautiful words using his mother as inspiration.
sorry i think most of u have got the wrong meaning. It's about not wanting to waste your life, but about having no idea where to turn and suddenly being aware of your own mortality. it not particularly relating too his mum. btw AMAZING song. its soo relating to how i'm feeling right now. brilliant
I'm pretty sure it is about his mum. It's such an angry and pissed off song, it's him venting his anger about why God has taken his mother away from him. It could be about being aware of your own mortality, but i'm not sure about not wanting to wasting your life and not knowing where to go. It's him losing faith in God after he has taken his mother away from him, and getting angry at the whole situation.
What an incredible song. Cant believe there's only 9 replies. Its about his mum and all that I guess, but also the fraility and false pretenses that religion can endure.