"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.
Solo:Erick
There is a place where
men used to live
a place where the mountains
reach the blue sky
Out of this town
a black dragon lies
time to time a ritual is done
He will guard this holy place
of sinister powers and misery times
looking for a lady
with a clear heart
Both
You the great warrior
will have to give
a virgin heart to the
guardian of fire
But this time, your soul choses the light
you won't sacrifice this enchantment that you feel
this wonderful maiden
took your soul away
Bridge:
Searching for the way to save
this illusion that you have made
you fear for your people and the fury to arise
Chorus:
Distant old village don't lose your faith in me
don't turn your back again
don't run from your own destiny
and cry out for your pain
Both
Solo:Nicolás/Erick
The ritual is mine
I suffer for it I believe that I will die
great deep blue lake
you take me back
to the huge glory of my war
All my senses are united
And my blood I will spill
Solo:Sebastián
Great warrior brave is your heart
that send me to death in this journey of hate
the great deep blue lake
is turning red
Bridge:
Praying for her life the maiden
knows that she will die this day
crying out with horror in stupor
she will die
Chorus:
The sacrifice couldn't stop the drangon's rage
the mystic great warrior
was defeated by the dragon's rage
and his soul rest in pain.
There is a place where
men used to live
a place where the mountains
reach the blue sky
Out of this town
a black dragon lies
time to time a ritual is done
He will guard this holy place
of sinister powers and misery times
looking for a lady
with a clear heart
Both
You the great warrior
will have to give
a virgin heart to the
guardian of fire
But this time, your soul choses the light
you won't sacrifice this enchantment that you feel
this wonderful maiden
took your soul away
Bridge:
Searching for the way to save
this illusion that you have made
you fear for your people and the fury to arise
Chorus:
Distant old village don't lose your faith in me
don't turn your back again
don't run from your own destiny
and cry out for your pain
Both
Solo:Nicolás/Erick
The ritual is mine
I suffer for it I believe that I will die
great deep blue lake
you take me back
to the huge glory of my war
All my senses are united
And my blood I will spill
Solo:Sebastián
Great warrior brave is your heart
that send me to death in this journey of hate
the great deep blue lake
is turning red
Bridge:
Praying for her life the maiden
knows that she will die this day
crying out with horror in stupor
she will die
Chorus:
The sacrifice couldn't stop the drangon's rage
the mystic great warrior
was defeated by the dragon's rage
and his soul rest in pain.
Lyrics submitted by alstitan
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