"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.
Les soleils couchants
Rev�tent les champs
Les canaux, la ville enti�re
D'hyacinthe et d'or
Le monde s'endort
Dans une chaude lumi�re
L�, tout n'est qu'ordre et beaut�
Luxe, calme et volupt�
Took a taxi with Jean last night
It was late and it was raining
We live far away from each other
And there was no desire
I think it was more the dark night
Or some lonely feeling
When we got home, we were alone
We fell in love with that feeling
When we got home, we were alone
We fell in love with that feeling
Rain since Tuesday
Barely found my way to the shop
For the milk in the morning
And the news of the world had turned around
Then I heard you calling
Saw you turn the darkened corner
Then you were gone
When I got home, I was alone
I fell in love with that feeling
When I got home, I was alone
And I counted stars on the ceiling
When I got home, I was alone
And I fell in love with that feeling
When I got home, I was alone
And I counted stars on the ceiling
I fell in love with that feeling
When I got home, I was alone
I counted stars on the ceiling
I fell in love with that feeling
I fell in love with that feeling
Rev�tent les champs
Les canaux, la ville enti�re
D'hyacinthe et d'or
Le monde s'endort
Dans une chaude lumi�re
L�, tout n'est qu'ordre et beaut�
Luxe, calme et volupt�
Took a taxi with Jean last night
It was late and it was raining
We live far away from each other
And there was no desire
I think it was more the dark night
Or some lonely feeling
When we got home, we were alone
We fell in love with that feeling
When we got home, we were alone
We fell in love with that feeling
Rain since Tuesday
Barely found my way to the shop
For the milk in the morning
And the news of the world had turned around
Then I heard you calling
Saw you turn the darkened corner
Then you were gone
When I got home, I was alone
I fell in love with that feeling
When I got home, I was alone
And I counted stars on the ceiling
When I got home, I was alone
And I fell in love with that feeling
When I got home, I was alone
And I counted stars on the ceiling
I fell in love with that feeling
When I got home, I was alone
I counted stars on the ceiling
I fell in love with that feeling
I fell in love with that feeling
Lyrics submitted by Airyca
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i can't help but notice a lot of similarities between this song and your ex lover is dead. it begins with taking a taxi as it begins to rain, and driving a long distance, or what seems to be a long distance.
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