"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.
This time I am falling further away
Nothing has changed
Nothing has changed like I said it would
Faster towards the ground
That's where they wait, where they wait for me
And enter my veins
Feel them crawling through my skin
Collecting my nerves
That they feed to their children
I swear it has to stop
'Cause there is nothing left to give
Nothing left to give
I'll be the victor
I will destroy them
I wanna watch them burn it down
So I can breathe again
Inhale
'Cause after tonight
I won't be the same
Exhale, exhale and find my feet
On the ground
I'm not the same anymore
I'm not the same anymore
As I sink down into the floor
And the walls are caving in
And I don't believe in them anymore
Now I try to balance my walk
I am coming down alone
And I have to get them out of my head
I wanna watch them burn it down
So I can breathe again
I wanna watch them burn it down
So I can breathe again
One breath at a time I'll be just fine
Cause I'll be right on the inside
I steady my hands inside of my shell
And I wait till their backs are turned
Oh, inside of my head
Where they thought they would win
But I got them right where I want them
Pushed to either side
I'm burning them alive
I hear them begging and pleading
Nothing has changed
Nothing has changed like I said it would
Faster towards the ground
That's where they wait, where they wait for me
And enter my veins
Feel them crawling through my skin
Collecting my nerves
That they feed to their children
I swear it has to stop
'Cause there is nothing left to give
Nothing left to give
I'll be the victor
I will destroy them
I wanna watch them burn it down
So I can breathe again
Inhale
'Cause after tonight
I won't be the same
Exhale, exhale and find my feet
On the ground
I'm not the same anymore
I'm not the same anymore
As I sink down into the floor
And the walls are caving in
And I don't believe in them anymore
Now I try to balance my walk
I am coming down alone
And I have to get them out of my head
I wanna watch them burn it down
So I can breathe again
I wanna watch them burn it down
So I can breathe again
One breath at a time I'll be just fine
Cause I'll be right on the inside
I steady my hands inside of my shell
And I wait till their backs are turned
Oh, inside of my head
Where they thought they would win
But I got them right where I want them
Pushed to either side
I'm burning them alive
I hear them begging and pleading
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Sounds like someone is trying to escape from something Something that has changed him and that change and he doesn't believe in it anymore So he waits for them to get in close, and then kills them/burns them alive to escape them, and while taking one breath at time telling himself its necessary to do this in order to survive the change that has imposed on him
But of course, that's just me :P
To me, this song is like about Spencer's struggle with drugs. In case any of you didn't know that, Spencer was addicted to drugs and alcohol before he joined Underoath. If you just read the lyrics with this in mind, it can be very consistent. "Enter my veins. Feel them crawling through my skin." Maybe because he just injected himself with something? "I have to get them out of my head." Because drugs and alcohol are all he can think about. "I'll be the victor, I will destroy them." Now he's breaking the habit/addiction.
I can't say for sure that this is the real meaning, but I think it's a halfway-decent guess lol.
Yeah and that was 10 years ago :D well, could still be it but this song could tell about any kind of addiction or bad habit. <br /> Maybe 'them' is his habit of catching himself, looking at his flaws? But he realizes that he can't make himself be a better person. He's coming down alone as he's destroying himself? But then he wins the wrong thoughts, <br /> One breath at a time I'll be just fine,<br /> 'cause I'll be right on the inside.<br /> <br /> just something that came up to my mind :)
the guy above me sounds like he has a point lol but its just one good song but i dont think this album is fast and loud enough as Lost In The Sound Of Separation was but maybe i just need to listin to it more still an amazing band even without he who would not be named
While I agree with Adavisdan about the meaning of the song, there are a few things different. Spencer was actually addicted to Cocaine, not IV drugs. And he still was doing drugs after he came into the band. There was a AP article written about him a few years ago that actually explained his addiction. I think you nailed the meaning though.
I think this song is about people who prey on his emotions. He says that he going through difficult times, and "that's where they wait" for him. When he is weak (trying to control his breathing to calm down), they take and take, and he has "nothing left to give". The only way he sees to get his feet on the ground and get them out of his head is "burning them alive".