"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.
Science has become a child's game.
There is no solution to bring away this plague.
No remedies have been discovered.
The cure is a shotgun, the cure is whatever blunt instrument one can salvage.
Whomever finds themselves too proper will be the first to perish.
And you know nothing that matters now.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the storm of the disgraceful.
The incurable bring us our punishment.
Today's destruction can only be measured in
In biblical, biblical proportion.
Let's go
My will is at God's hand, never within man's teeth.
My will is at God's hand, never within man's teeth.
My will is at God's hand, never within man's teeth.
Always wanting more, never enough, until this day and age when there's nothing left.
Always wanting more, never enough, until this day and age when there's nothing left.
Always wanting more. Never enough.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the storm of the disgraceful.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore, we cannot recover
All is lost in the storm of the disgraceful.
We cannot restore, we cannot recover
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore, we cannot recover
All is lost
There is no solution to bring away this plague.
No remedies have been discovered.
The cure is a shotgun, the cure is whatever blunt instrument one can salvage.
Whomever finds themselves too proper will be the first to perish.
And you know nothing that matters now.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the storm of the disgraceful.
The incurable bring us our punishment.
Today's destruction can only be measured in
In biblical, biblical proportion.
Let's go
My will is at God's hand, never within man's teeth.
My will is at God's hand, never within man's teeth.
My will is at God's hand, never within man's teeth.
Always wanting more, never enough, until this day and age when there's nothing left.
Always wanting more, never enough, until this day and age when there's nothing left.
Always wanting more. Never enough.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the storm of the disgraceful.
We cannot restore (restore), we cannot recover (recover)
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore, we cannot recover
All is lost in the storm of the disgraceful.
We cannot restore, we cannot recover
All is lost in the flood of the risen dead.
We cannot restore, we cannot recover
All is lost
Lyrics submitted by davidEAcost
Revive Lyrics as written by Christopher Henry Rubey Andrew Jerome Trick
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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it's so simplistic yet deep how TDWP made this new album. one can either mistake it for a gruesome zombie apocalypse timeline, or you can look further and find it's real meaning. truthfully, from my understanding, TDWP made this as a metaphor for the world through the eyes of a Christian. as you can see from these lyrics "Today's destruction can only be measured in... in biblical... biblical proportion", TDWP is basically stating the book of Revolations. The End-Times. "My will is at God's hand, never within man's teeth" - the influence that man's tongue has on the world is devestating. people look to the world for answers of their salvation and such when they should be seeking God. I mean I could be wrong, but it seems right. regardless, this new heavy, fast side of TDWP is AMAZING.
I agree 100%.
I'm a Christian, but I don't like it when people relate every single band's song to their religion. Yes TDWP is a Christian band, but every single song or album they create isn't about religion. In the back of the booklet (if you bought the cd) it says "All glory to God (even songs of zombie chaos) I also read in an interview the cd is just a fun album about zombie chaos.
Also, if it wasn't about zombies, why did they release a comic about a gruesome zombie encounter?