"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.
Sometimes I look at my own face
And I don't know who I am
I see a piece of everyone I know
Buried underneath my skin
I don't want to be like them
I want to crawl back in
Its hard to think of anything that I haven't heard before
I hear these voices in my head
They could be mine but I'm not sure
I hear them telling me who they think I should be
Why won't they leave me alone
I can't deny it I try to fight it
But I'm losing control
I don't want to be like them
I want to crawl back in
Don't want to lose my innocence
Don't want the world second guessing my heart
Won't let your lies take a piece of my soul
Don't want to take your medicine
I want to crawl back in
Sometimes I lie
Sometimes I crawl
Sometimes I feel like I want to die
I don't want to be like them
I want to crawl back in
Don't want to lose my innocence
Don't want the world second guessing my heart
Won't let your lies take a piece of my soul
Don't want to take your medicine
I want to crawl back in
I want to crawl back in
I want to crawl back in
And I don't know who I am
I see a piece of everyone I know
Buried underneath my skin
I don't want to be like them
I want to crawl back in
Its hard to think of anything that I haven't heard before
I hear these voices in my head
They could be mine but I'm not sure
I hear them telling me who they think I should be
Why won't they leave me alone
I can't deny it I try to fight it
But I'm losing control
I don't want to be like them
I want to crawl back in
Don't want to lose my innocence
Don't want the world second guessing my heart
Won't let your lies take a piece of my soul
Don't want to take your medicine
I want to crawl back in
Sometimes I lie
Sometimes I crawl
Sometimes I feel like I want to die
I don't want to be like them
I want to crawl back in
Don't want to lose my innocence
Don't want the world second guessing my heart
Won't let your lies take a piece of my soul
Don't want to take your medicine
I want to crawl back in
I want to crawl back in
I want to crawl back in
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Crawl Back In Lyrics as written by Anthony Valcic Amir Davidson
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Not sure on some of the lyrics. Please post the correct ones if some are wrong.
These should be almost entirely correct:
Dead By Sunrise - Crawl Back In
Sometimes I look at my own face and I don't kn:ow who I am I see a piece of everyone I know buried underneath my skin
I don't wanna be like them I wanna crawl back in
It's hard to think of anything that I haven't heard before I hear these voices in my head, they could be mine but I'm not sure I hear their telling me who they think I should be, why won't they leave me alone I can't deny it, I tried to fight it, but I'm losing control
I don't wanna be like them I wanna crawl back in
Don't wanna lose my innocence Don't want the world second-guessing my heart Won't let your lies take a piece of my soul Don't wanna take your medicine I wanna crawl back in
Sometimes I lie, sometimes I crawl Sometimes I feel like I wanna die
I don't wanna be like them I wanna crawl back in
Don't wanna lose my innocence Don't want the world second-guessing my heart Won't let your lies take a piece of my soul Don't wanna take your medicine I wanna crawl back in I wanna crawl back in
Hey!
I've never been there, only heard of it. Sorry if there's a coincidence. I was actually at the show to begin with.
I'm not sure how Chester and DBS will be. This and Morning After are great songs, but they each get old quickly, so all we can do now is wait and see if DBS is gonna really be worth time away from LP or if he should just stick to it.
@pastachickennugget42 as much as i hate seeing people who only place things to seem like its there to cause friction....<br /> <br /> <br /> Are you retarded???<br /> He did this album because the lyrics he wrote wouldn't fit into a LP song but they were quite obviously very deep and meaningful to him and so he wanted to express it, Who are you to say what boxes he should and shouldn't venture into? you picked the wrong song to make that comment on, read the lyrics and maybe you'll understand why. So whether or not you like it it was worth it for the man as maybe... just maybe, he wanted to express the emotions and utilize the feelings he had at the time of writing, i think he has more than enough money and fame to be able to do something for him... Whether or not you personally think they get old quickly or not does nothing to change the fact that it was worth it to him... <br /> <br /> Just food for thought, don't take it as a 'trolling' msg,
I love this song!! Actually the entire album is on their MySpace right now. It's awesome; this could even out-do Linkin Park! Don't get me wrong, I love LP with all my heart and soul. But Dead By Sunrise definitely produced an amazing album. "Crawl Back In" is the lead track, and it screams for attention in almost every stanza. Chester's vocals return as strong as ever and the instruments by the rest of the Julien-K guys makes an incredible beat. Also, I think "craw back in" could mean crawl back in the womb...maybe, hahaha. Anyway, yay for Chester Bennington!
they wont match linkin park.. not in a zillion years.. hadnt it been chester no one would even listen to DBS..
Shut up "toysoldier" linkin park had its own chance and they lost it hybrid theory was an album with good style but not the next ones DBS i think that by now has actually matched linkin park
I think it's about how everyone keeps pointing out his flaws and they keep telling him what he should do to fix them. He actually started to believe what they kept telling him that when he saw himself in the mirror all he saw was them scrutinising him, he lost who he really was in the middle of it all and that really shook him, so much so that he wanted to put a stop to them, to it. He doesn't want to become just like them because he knows he's better than that-than them and that is why he refuses to be taken down by them just like they had been taken down with insecurities. They were weak and he doesn't want to become that, he wants to crawl back into his skin to be the person that he used to be before any of this happened.
By the way you clearly took some of my lyrics from LPLive even though I asked not to post them anywhere, but whatever, fix them and I don't really care.