"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.
It's stranger than fiction
How you've decayed
It must be so lonely
Lost within your ways
You're born alone, you die alone
The rest is yours to fill the gap
The world goes on without you here
Adjust or just collapse
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
Verbal grenades
You throw in vain
I can't believe you'd stoop so low
Of all the things you took away
I miss my mind the most
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
It's stranger than fiction
How you've decayed
It must be so lonely
Lost within your ways
How you've decayed
It must be so lonely
Lost within your ways
You're born alone, you die alone
The rest is yours to fill the gap
The world goes on without you here
Adjust or just collapse
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
Verbal grenades
You throw in vain
I can't believe you'd stoop so low
Of all the things you took away
I miss my mind the most
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
Is this what you wanted to be
Alone standing by yourself
Is this all you wanted to be
Or was that a cry for help
It's stranger than fiction
How you've decayed
It must be so lonely
Lost within your ways
Lyrics submitted by Blackjack13
Stranger Than Fiction Lyrics as written by Zoltan Bathroy Ivan Moody
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I think most of the people talking about relationships and evil in spouses are reading to into it. He's simply saying that birth and death are journies you must undertake alone, but life is for you to make of it what you will. After this he's talking about a person obviously so caught up in themselves that they are driving everyone around them away. This can refer to anyone, a girlfriend, friend, family member, hell even an addict. It all depends on who is listening to the song.
@TheGrimofEvil That is the genius of this song it's about how people f up there lives and how they f up others to. it talks about how you fill in your life and how it can be good and a bad thing for you.
I was just about to submit these lyrics myself, but I see its already been done, and without error, no less. Either way, great song, greater band.
I think this is a song about the EVIL in women, (LOL) Its about a girl who changed for the worse, and didnt care how she messed with his head. The line"Verbal Grenades you throw in inane, I cant believe you'd stoop so LOW, of all the things you took away, I miss my MIND the most. Then at the end it says "It's stranger than fiction how you've decayed, It must be so lonely LOST within your ways. He is talking about how Its so unbelievable how she's changed and is now by herself because she is stuck living her bad ways and prolly dont want to change. Maybe she should listen to the ending of White Knuckles when Ivan says "I want you to HURT, I want you to BLEED, I want you to look beyond your own face, Past your infections.
The BEST thing about 5FDP is that every song they have is GOOD. There is not a bad song on THE WAY OF THE FIST. There is NO WAY that this ALBUM is not worthy of ALBUM of the YEAR.
i agree with you com fuckin pletly lol but seriously you got it right on the money this shits happenin to me right now ive been with this girl for 1 yr an 7 months an we used to have a really great relationship an over the past couple of months she become this fuckin minipulative bitch turnin everyting into bein my fault an its put me through shit an shes makin me crazy an this song is completly whats happinin with me an that fucked up in the head cunt anyway good job :D
I agree with pretty much everything you said here, except for the implication that ALL women have evil in them. Personally, I think this song could be about anyone. Obviously, it's a woman to Ivan, but to me it'd be a man. Because, trust me, women aren't the only ones who can have a little bit of evil in them. And besides, if you really think that, it probably wasn't a good idea to put that up for any of us EVIL women to see. Lol.
yeah I definitely agree...except not just woman...i always think of my abusive ex boyfriend when i listen to this song...felt like i was with him and falling apart inside and turning into nothing...felt so much guilt all the time even though he was the one who hurt me physically and spiritually....
This song is easily one of the best songs off the way of the fist. 5fdp is the best band to come out of denver. period. This song talk about how a girl completely fucked over a guy when all he did was care for her during whatever she was going thru. This song explains something i've dealt with before, I love it.
This song is definately talking about the way relationships can decay it talks of how verbal greades and such occur after a while people get tired of eachothers crap and get into fights more often and do things they normally wouldnt do to the perosn they love sometimes they realize where its going and fix things sometimes they dont but i believe in this case here he i saying that it is her fault as she was the one who stooped that low and then most likely left him cause she took many things and obviously he still cared about her as he is losing his mind now also he asks her is this what you want to be alone
clearly saying that he wishes he was still there with her
perfect parrallel to my recent breakup except both people were doing stuff to make eachother angry and my girl and i realized how much we missed eachother finally =] but its tough for sure thats definately eveident as he say by yourself with emphasis because that is the worst part of all of that
I can relate to this song. It does seem like it about getting screwed over.
I don't believe this song is about a girl..i believe it's about how a guy(possibly Ivan) was screwed over by his best friend or maybe a family member he was close too.
Obviously its just a song telling this un-named woman "Is this what you wanted all along?"
I've had my share of relationships that ended just like this, and yes, I still wonder if thats what she wanted out of it all.
its amazing to listen to a song and you feel like it was made personally for you. i am experiencing what this song talks about right now and it sucks. when i heard this song i just replayed it about 5 times i couldnt stop listening. calling 5fdp amazing would be an understatement
Hah women...evil...aint it the truth? F!CK YOU KELLY! This songs a big f-you to bad girlfriends!!
Wow, I always thought this song was about himself just second person ???