"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.
Stand down
Manifesting a destiny
Of unavoidable doom
Black wolves are gnashing at our heels
Fangs of accountability
All unforeseen or intentionally neglected?
The degradation of a home
Humanity sits on its throne
Cover your eyes and ears and know
We can't escape the consequence
And now the rising of septic tides as refuse litters the pacific gyre
We continue to drown the ocean in its own waters
Stand down, stand down
Time's out now
Kill like we know how
Killing like we're allowed!
The degradation of a home
Humanity is so lost
Cover your eyes and ears and know (without remorse)
We can't escape the consequence
And everything's ending
Make way
A failed culture makes its mark existing only to destroy what came first
With no regard for creation, men play god, drop unstoppable bombs
All institutions are wrong, but none of them will ever stop!
Make way for man, make way for man, make way for man, make way for man
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
No escape!
Now turn the other cheek and pretend
Full speed to hatred forcing life against its will
Full speed 'til we're dead, we can't escape the consequence
We can't escape the consequence
Bombs away
The degradation of a home
Bombs away
Humanity sits on its throne
Bombs away
Cover your eyes and ears and know
Bombs away
We can't escape the consequence
No escape
Manifesting a destiny
Of unavoidable doom
Black wolves are gnashing at our heels
Fangs of accountability
All unforeseen or intentionally neglected?
The degradation of a home
Humanity sits on its throne
Cover your eyes and ears and know
We can't escape the consequence
And now the rising of septic tides as refuse litters the pacific gyre
We continue to drown the ocean in its own waters
Stand down, stand down
Time's out now
Kill like we know how
Killing like we're allowed!
The degradation of a home
Humanity is so lost
Cover your eyes and ears and know (without remorse)
We can't escape the consequence
And everything's ending
Make way
A failed culture makes its mark existing only to destroy what came first
With no regard for creation, men play god, drop unstoppable bombs
All institutions are wrong, but none of them will ever stop!
Make way for man, make way for man, make way for man, make way for man
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
No escape!
Now turn the other cheek and pretend
Full speed to hatred forcing life against its will
Full speed 'til we're dead, we can't escape the consequence
We can't escape the consequence
Bombs away
The degradation of a home
Bombs away
Humanity sits on its throne
Bombs away
Cover your eyes and ears and know
Bombs away
We can't escape the consequence
No escape
Lyrics submitted by CreatedxVoid
Gaia Bleeds (Make Way for Man) Lyrics as written by Jordan Paul Brown Mike Ambrose
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
Your correct! 8)
mmm I love SYG. Great new song, although it did take a while for them to put up some new material. Gaia Bleeds is very heavy compared to their past stuff and I enjoy it VERY much :) Love the song way more that This Will Be The Death Of Us. I think this part of the song can explain a lot about it's meaning. "Make way A failed culture makes its mark existing only to destroy what came first With no regard for creation Men play God Drop unstoppable bombs All institutions are wrong, but none of them will ever stop"
I never got into mutiny! after hearing this song i thought i was crazy... if their new album is like this stuff it'll be up there in my top albums of the year for sure. this song rocks
CreatedxVoid is right, this song is about humanities impact on the planet. Gaia is the Greek Mother Goddess, and considered the lifeblood of the planet. Final Fantasy geeks will recognise the reference. So "Gaia Bleeds" literally means that the planet is bleeding. The lyrics are fairly staightforward to understand, witha few little references chucked in, such as 'manifesting a destiny', which refeences the pioneers belief in manifest destiny, which was essentially a misplaced belief that ended up with the mass genocide of Native Americans and came very close to the destruction of an entire species in the buffalo, all in the name of progress. The last verse is about how we pretend it's not happening, but we all know it is. A simple song, but well done and very catchy. Nice to hear them trying something a bit new as well.
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Everyone on this earth has contributed in some way to its destruction in some way. We are all responsible, and thus all of us will pay a higher price for our ignorance. SYG is ill.
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