"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.
Manchmal läuft es wie im Märchen
Wo's immer gut ausgeht
Wo alles eine Fügung hat
Und man von Schicksal spricht
Und weil du gerade glücklich bist
Glaubst du ans Happy End
Es ist schön, wenn du sagst, dass du mich liebst
Auch wenn ich dabei denk
Alles wird vorübergehen
Es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Du denkst, dass du ewig lebst
Dass du hier sicher bist
Mit all den vielen netten Freunden
Den lieben Menschen um dich
Wenn der Boden unter deinen Füßen bricht
Gibt's keinen Haltegriff
Ob du loslässt oder ob du kämpfst
Es reißt dich einfach mit
Alles
Wird vorübergehen
Es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Die gute und die schwere Zeit
Nichts bleibt jemals stehen
Eine Hand voll Glück reicht nie für zwei
Man muss nehmen, was man kriegt
Ich hab' keine Angst zu sterben
Solange du bei mir bist
Doch halt dich nicht an meiner Liebe fest
Alles
Wird vorübergehen
Es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Ja, es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Wo's immer gut ausgeht
Wo alles eine Fügung hat
Und man von Schicksal spricht
Und weil du gerade glücklich bist
Glaubst du ans Happy End
Es ist schön, wenn du sagst, dass du mich liebst
Auch wenn ich dabei denk
Alles wird vorübergehen
Es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Du denkst, dass du ewig lebst
Dass du hier sicher bist
Mit all den vielen netten Freunden
Den lieben Menschen um dich
Wenn der Boden unter deinen Füßen bricht
Gibt's keinen Haltegriff
Ob du loslässt oder ob du kämpfst
Es reißt dich einfach mit
Alles
Wird vorübergehen
Es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Die gute und die schwere Zeit
Nichts bleibt jemals stehen
Eine Hand voll Glück reicht nie für zwei
Man muss nehmen, was man kriegt
Ich hab' keine Angst zu sterben
Solange du bei mir bist
Doch halt dich nicht an meiner Liebe fest
Alles
Wird vorübergehen
Es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Ja, es wird alles
Mal vorübergehen
Lyrics submitted by Alexiel_Laguna
Alles wird vorübergehen Lyrics as written by Andreas Von Holst Andreas Frege
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-ABSOLUTELY, AMAZING SONG!
Translation
Sometimes life turns out just like in Fairytales, Where everything turns out great, Where everything has a connection, When it comes to fate
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