"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 got this translation from a different webpage, and it didnt have a translation for bot, but bot is slang for cure/remedy in swedish*
I know a bot,
her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a Bot
I know a bot,
her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a Bot
That always watches everyone here
And makes us out of trouble
There is no Take-over that succeeds
Remember that it's I who know this Bot
The bot that no one else can beat
And she kicks even if she shouldn't
She gets rid of everyone that "spams"
Yes, nothing can beat our Bot
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)
I know a bot,
her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a bot
And then came the day I didn't think was real
The channel was out of control
I never thought I would be so wrong
But Anna wrote and said
"I'm not a Bot,
I'm a really beautiful girl"
Which is, unluckely, now very strange to me
But nothing needs to be explained
Because for me you will always be a Bot
Her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a Bot
That always watches everyone here
And makes us out of trouble
There is no Take-over that succeeds
Remember that it's I who know this Bot
The Bot that no one else can beat
And she kicks even if she shouldn't
She gets rid of everyone that "spams"
Yes, nothing can beat our Bot
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)
I know a bot,
her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a Bot
I know a bot,
her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a Bot
That always watches everyone here
And makes us out of trouble
There is no Take-over that succeeds
Remember that it's I who know this Bot
The bot that no one else can beat
And she kicks even if she shouldn't
She gets rid of everyone that "spams"
Yes, nothing can beat our Bot
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)
I know a bot,
her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a bot
And then came the day I didn't think was real
The channel was out of control
I never thought I would be so wrong
But Anna wrote and said
"I'm not a Bot,
I'm a really beautiful girl"
Which is, unluckely, now very strange to me
But nothing needs to be explained
Because for me you will always be a Bot
Her name is Anna, Anna is her name
And she can ban, ban you so hard
She cleans up in our channel
I wanna tell you, that I know a Bot
That always watches everyone here
And makes us out of trouble
There is no Take-over that succeeds
Remember that it's I who know this Bot
The Bot that no one else can beat
And she kicks even if she shouldn't
She gets rid of everyone that "spams"
Yes, nothing can beat our Bot
(Ready for take off)
(Are you ready?)
Lyrics submitted by grayskies5
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I love this song... Found the video clip and became addicted to it
Bot means someone in an internet chat room... absolutely bloody love this song, reminds me of such good times eh, crap lyrics though!
"bot" means an automated program made to act like someone in a chatroom. and/or CPU units in a computer game.
I just listend to the song and this is deffinetly not the lyrics
"Now your gone, I realize my love for you are strong. And I miss you here and now your gone. I keep waiting here by the phone, With your pictures hanging on the wall, Now your gone... Now your gone, I realize my love for you are strong, And I miss you here, and now your gone. I keep waiting here by the phone, With your pictures hanging on the wall, Is this the ways its meant to be? Only dreaming that your missing me I'm waiting here at home. I'll go crazy now your gone. There's an empty place in my heart, Dear Anna it will break my heart, Its the healing that fades away I will think about you everyday.
(Are You Ready?)
(Ready? Go!)
Now your gone, I realize my love for you are strong. And I miss you here and now your gone. I keep waiting here by the phone, With your pictures hanging on the wall, Is this the ways its meant to be? Only dreaming that your missing me I'm waiting here at home. I'll go crazy now your gone. Now your gone... Because my love for you is strong. I Miss you here and now your gone. Im waiting here by the phone, With your pictures hanging here on the wall Is this the way its meant to be? Always dreaming that your missing me? Im waiting here at home? And Ill go crazy...now your gone Theres an empty place in my heart. My Dear Anna it will break apart. The healing that fades away, I think about you everyday...."
I just listend to the Boten Anna (English Cover) and these are the lyrics i heard.
They're different songs. These are the lyrics to the original version.