"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.
Viajo a través de la noche
Conjurando un amor
Más fuerte que la enternidad
Daria cualquier cosa
Y eso es lo que hago
Antiguas estrellas vigilan
Pido a los espiritus
Escondidos entre los árboles
Que me regresen tu amor
Yo vago entre las brumas
Agonizando de amor
Despreciado, sin encontrar
Un hechizo de amor para unirnos
Dentro a la noche, y dentro de tu Corazón
Cuando despiertes, en mi pensarás
Oh sí, en mi pensarás
Una llama consume la magia
Más negra que la noche
Los grillos te llaman junto conmigo
En la noche como un rayo
En tus sueños mientras duermes
Es un hecho y tú me perteneces
Conjurando un amor
Más fuerte que la enternidad
Daria cualquier cosa
Y eso es lo que hago
Antiguas estrellas vigilan
Pido a los espiritus
Escondidos entre los árboles
Que me regresen tu amor
Yo vago entre las brumas
Agonizando de amor
Despreciado, sin encontrar
Un hechizo de amor para unirnos
Dentro a la noche, y dentro de tu Corazón
Cuando despiertes, en mi pensarás
Oh sí, en mi pensarás
Una llama consume la magia
Más negra que la noche
Los grillos te llaman junto conmigo
En la noche como un rayo
En tus sueños mientras duermes
Es un hecho y tú me perteneces
Lyrics submitted by chrisjudah
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in case you guys needed a translation, there is a little bit of artistic interpretation on my part since a literal translation would sound strange in some cases, but rest assured this is very accurate
I travel across the night Conjuring a love Stronger than eternity
I'd give anything And that is what I do Ancient stars watch
I ask the spirits Hidden in the trees To return your love to me
I wander in the fog Agonizing from love Disdained, lost
A love spell to unite us Within the night, and within your heart When you wake, you will think of me Oh yes, you will think of me
A flame consumes the magic Blacker than the night The crickets call you to me
In the night like a ray In your dreams while you sleep It is done and you belong to me
and my thoughts...
Although it's self-explanatory, and it seems redundant to analyze it...well, whatever, here goes:
I think it's about the hoplessness one feels when you lose the love of someone you care about and you'd do anything to get it back.
You don't even care how it is done, you would make a deal with the devil himself as long as you could have that person's love back. It doesn't even matter that the person didn't choose to love you again, you'll settle for a false happiness.