"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.
I'm an alien
'Cause I'm not of this world
I have a name
but I've been changed, and now I can't stay the same
and I'm a loser if that means I've been lost before
but now I found it, I'm surrounded
'Cause you can hear the way it sounded
Like angels singing with a million voices
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
I'm a monster if that means I'm misunderstood
'Cause its alive and I can't hide it
The energy is rising
and I'm a traitor if that means I've turned on myself
I can't deny it, it's like a riot
and I can't keep it quiet
Like angels singing with a million voices
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
Hear me running
Hear me running, running
Hear me running, hear me running, ra-running
Hear me running, hear me
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
'Cause I'm not of this world
I have a name
but I've been changed, and now I can't stay the same
and I'm a loser if that means I've been lost before
but now I found it, I'm surrounded
'Cause you can hear the way it sounded
Like angels singing with a million voices
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
I'm a monster if that means I'm misunderstood
'Cause its alive and I can't hide it
The energy is rising
and I'm a traitor if that means I've turned on myself
I can't deny it, it's like a riot
and I can't keep it quiet
Like angels singing with a million voices
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
Hear me running
Hear me running, running
Hear me running, hear me running, ra-running
Hear me running, hear me
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
It's crawling back when
We run away, run away
'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
and start to beat again
The end is where we begin
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I think that the song means when us Christian dies in our bodies it is what people consider the end, and the beginning is when we go to heaven. That is what I think he means by "The end is where we begin"
@JordanFireStar<br /> By reading this piece, it doesn't reveal anything about religion, Christ, Christian or Heaven.<br /> <br /> It's more about himself as he states:<br />
@RobJay <br /> <br /> The quote "I'm not of this world" is a Christian saying about not being of this world "I've been changed" is about when he became a christian. This is what Trevor Mcneaven (Leader of Thousand Foot Krutch) said himself on what the song means.<br /> <br /> "The title speaks to me in a different way when I think about my faith, and how the Bible says we need to die to self, to really live. It’s all about forgiveness. We’ve been through a lot of transition this past year as a band. Thank God for His strength. He keeps giving us a second wind when we need it." if you don't believe me, search it up on google for yourself.