"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.
We're wasting precious time
The clock is ticking
Can you hear the countdown
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
Befriend my enemies
My pulse is racing
I can hear my heart beat
Is this the last time
You get to be mine
I lack the will to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
No more sorrows, no tomorrow's
I've never felt alive before
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x3]
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
Born to die
To die [x3]
The clock is ticking
Can you hear the countdown
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
Befriend my enemies
My pulse is racing
I can hear my heart beat
Is this the last time
You get to be mine
I lack the will to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
No more sorrows, no tomorrow's
I've never felt alive before
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x3]
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
Born to die
To die [x3]
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End of Days Lyrics as written by Jason James Michael Paget
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I heard something on Youtube where they were talking about the new CD and playing parts of the songs and Matt said it was about, if I remember correctly, what would if you had 24 hours to live or something like that. BTW my favorite song off the CD so far.
I heard something on Youtube where they were talking about the new CD and playing parts of the songs and Matt said it was about, if I remember correctly, what would if you had 24 hours to live or something like that. BTW my favorite song off the CD so far.
I tend to agree with the previous statement - it is my favourite song off the new CD also. Great mix of screaming and singing, and I just had to put the lyrics to it up.
I love the NEVER BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN bit especially!
Your interpretation of the song sounds pretty accurate to me Anterior. This belief of ours is justified by the start of the song: "We’re wasting precious time, the clock is ticking can you hear the countdown?" Also, the words "NO SORROW, NO TOMORROW" emphasise that this appears to be the last day of life.
Sounds to me like the reckoning that life is finite, and that it doesn't matter what happens, and to make the most of the time you have left, as it is running out quickly. "No more I care to live when I’m just born to die."
And the chorus "Never before, never again. Behold this travesty. Never before, never again. Behold adversary," Translates to 'Never before, never again, behold this ||MOCKERY/ FARCE/ CHARADE / PARODY / TAKE OFF, etc|| Never before, never again behold ||YOUR CHALLENGER/ YOUR OPPONENT/ YOUR RIVAL, etc.|| These are words used instead of Travesty and Adversary, for those who arent sure.
I also believe that the meaning of these well chosen words is to "Never before, never again" underestimate or make a mockery or a fool of your closest and oldest rival, death.
Thanks Anterior for the general meaning of the song, that of what you would do if you had just ONE DAY left to live. Sounds good to me, and I hope the nonsense I just blabbed on about helps everyone to expand the basic meaning of this great song by BFMV.
Thanks!
I love the never before n never again, i dno what is is, just such a great bit in the song.
I love bulet an i think tht mat tuk is amazin an his lyrics r jst awsom bt i dont get this bit "this is the last time you get to be mine i lack the will to carry on" who is your in it???? the song is amazing an im surprised nt much people have comented on it :)
Life is so worthless,happy go lucky,things in life aren't worth caring about.
one of their best solos IMO. I love it