"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.
Last night I tried but I couldn't sleep
(Un mauvais jour qui se lève)
I was lonely and I needed you next to me
(Quand la vie n'a plus de rêves)
I never meant to do you wrong
(Et c'est la fin qui résonne)
I hope you won't be gone too long, no
Where do I go (J'ai plus de mots)
What do I do (J'ai plus le goût)
I can't deny I still feel something
And girl, I wish (Et je sais que tu le sais)
You've broken the bond (Même si je t'aime)
I gotta move on (Même si je sais)
But how do I end this lonely feeling?
You've gone (Je pars)
I'm here (Ailleurs)
Alone
I guess it's time to grow.
Ce qui arrive, notre histoire restera inachevée
(Like you never knew I was there)
Tu te bats non seulement je préfère m'en aller
(Can we make love re-appear?)
Tes larmes ne vont plus rien changer
(And now all is said and done)
Il faudra nous reconstruire et apprendre à aimer
Where do I go (J'ai plus de mots)
What do I do (J'ai plus le goût)
I can't deny I still feel something (De rester jusqu'au bout)
And girl, I wish (Et je sais que tu le sais)
You feel the same
You've broken the bond (Si je t'aime)
I gotta move on (Si je sais)
But how do I end this lonely feeling?
You've gone (Je pars)
I'm here (Ailleurs)
Alone
I guess it's time to grow.
Crying time is over
Gardons de nous le meilleur
Feelings if she won't return,
Then I guess I'll be a man and move on
Time to grow (and move on)
(Make life better than it was before) I think I can make it
(And move on, make life better than it was before) I'll movie on
Ne me retiens pas je pars
Time to grow (And move on, make life better than it was before)
Je t'aime bien plus que tu crois)
Though you've gone
Je pars
I know
I guess it's time to grow.
(Un mauvais jour qui se lève)
I was lonely and I needed you next to me
(Quand la vie n'a plus de rêves)
I never meant to do you wrong
(Et c'est la fin qui résonne)
I hope you won't be gone too long, no
Where do I go (J'ai plus de mots)
What do I do (J'ai plus le goût)
I can't deny I still feel something
And girl, I wish (Et je sais que tu le sais)
You've broken the bond (Même si je t'aime)
I gotta move on (Même si je sais)
But how do I end this lonely feeling?
You've gone (Je pars)
I'm here (Ailleurs)
Alone
I guess it's time to grow.
Ce qui arrive, notre histoire restera inachevée
(Like you never knew I was there)
Tu te bats non seulement je préfère m'en aller
(Can we make love re-appear?)
Tes larmes ne vont plus rien changer
(And now all is said and done)
Il faudra nous reconstruire et apprendre à aimer
Where do I go (J'ai plus de mots)
What do I do (J'ai plus le goût)
I can't deny I still feel something (De rester jusqu'au bout)
And girl, I wish (Et je sais que tu le sais)
You feel the same
You've broken the bond (Si je t'aime)
I gotta move on (Si je sais)
But how do I end this lonely feeling?
You've gone (Je pars)
I'm here (Ailleurs)
Alone
I guess it's time to grow.
Crying time is over
Gardons de nous le meilleur
Feelings if she won't return,
Then I guess I'll be a man and move on
Time to grow (and move on)
(Make life better than it was before) I think I can make it
(And move on, make life better than it was before) I'll movie on
Ne me retiens pas je pars
Time to grow (And move on, make life better than it was before)
Je t'aime bien plus que tu crois)
Though you've gone
Je pars
I know
I guess it's time to grow.
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