"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.
My Son, beware.
... of all that your eyes cannot see
Trust your mind
And strenghten your abilities
Did you ever touch the starlight ?
Dream for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?
And now's the time to enter
A new way, things to see
Man is just a weak reflection
In evolution's history
And in your hour of darkness
It will guide your way:
La bellezza del paese di Galilei
E nella mia ora più buia
loro splenderanno
spenderanno per me
all'infinito
Geboren im flackernden Kerzenschein
Verfasst in dunkler Zeit
Ein altes Stück von Pergament
Sich mit der Feder vereint
Der Zeichnung seines Arms entspringt
Der Universen Zelt
Es ist der Zeiten Anbeginn
Und ändert diese Welt
Des Universums Zelt
Nato al lume guizzante della candela
Scritto in tempi oscuri
Sulla vecchia pergamena
Scorre la penna
E dal suo braccio nasce
Il disegno delle volte celesti
È l'inizio dei tempi
E cambierà il mondo
My son, take care...
of what the cross wants you to be
Trust your eyes
And strenghten your abilities
Did you ever touch the starlight ?
Dream for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?
And time has come to doubt
About the holy verse
It is just a weak reflection
In our endless universe
And in your hour of darkness
The beauty guides your way:
La bellezza del paese di Galilei
E nella mia ora più buia
loro splenderanno
spenderanno per me
all'infinito
... of all that your eyes cannot see
Trust your mind
And strenghten your abilities
Did you ever touch the starlight ?
Dream for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?
And now's the time to enter
A new way, things to see
Man is just a weak reflection
In evolution's history
And in your hour of darkness
It will guide your way:
La bellezza del paese di Galilei
E nella mia ora più buia
loro splenderanno
spenderanno per me
all'infinito
Geboren im flackernden Kerzenschein
Verfasst in dunkler Zeit
Ein altes Stück von Pergament
Sich mit der Feder vereint
Der Zeichnung seines Arms entspringt
Der Universen Zelt
Es ist der Zeiten Anbeginn
Und ändert diese Welt
Des Universums Zelt
Nato al lume guizzante della candela
Scritto in tempi oscuri
Sulla vecchia pergamena
Scorre la penna
E dal suo braccio nasce
Il disegno delle volte celesti
È l'inizio dei tempi
E cambierà il mondo
My son, take care...
of what the cross wants you to be
Trust your eyes
And strenghten your abilities
Did you ever touch the starlight ?
Dream for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?
And time has come to doubt
About the holy verse
It is just a weak reflection
In our endless universe
And in your hour of darkness
The beauty guides your way:
La bellezza del paese di Galilei
E nella mia ora più buia
loro splenderanno
spenderanno per me
all'infinito
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