"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 det stille Rom
I det klare sinn
Et nakent lerret
Foran han
En urørt mark
Allmektighet
Av riket stort
Den siste var
Allmektighet
Endelig
Vår siste stund
En kjempes slag
Det bor i han
Et storslått hjerte
Den siste kriger
Som aldri ga seg
Som skulle frem
Den siste stund
I naken drakt
Nå står vi her
På avgrunds mark
Den siste dag
Vi visste kom
På moder jord
Fordervet sjel
Vrir sitt indre
Fordømte barn
Av Satans sol
Du skynker
For eget seil
Forbannet vaere
Ditt daue sinn
Herre...
Makt...
Sett dem fri
I storsinns tegn
En langsom ferd
For en herdet sjel
Det ville seg
Det måtte skje
Naturens gang
Allmektighet
Av rike stort
Den siste vår
Allmektighet
Endelig
Vår siste stund
En Kjempes slag
Et skjaer av lys
Som kaster håp
På en fattig mann
Som ikke vet
Hva bor i han
Et salig tegn
På undergang
Den siste stund
I naken drakt
Nå står vi her
På avgrunds mark
Den siste dag
Naturens gang
Vårt endelikt
I det klare sinn
Et nakent lerret
Foran han
En urørt mark
Allmektighet
Av riket stort
Den siste var
Allmektighet
Endelig
Vår siste stund
En kjempes slag
Det bor i han
Et storslått hjerte
Den siste kriger
Som aldri ga seg
Som skulle frem
Den siste stund
I naken drakt
Nå står vi her
På avgrunds mark
Den siste dag
Vi visste kom
På moder jord
Fordervet sjel
Vrir sitt indre
Fordømte barn
Av Satans sol
Du skynker
For eget seil
Forbannet vaere
Ditt daue sinn
Herre...
Makt...
Sett dem fri
I storsinns tegn
En langsom ferd
For en herdet sjel
Det ville seg
Det måtte skje
Naturens gang
Allmektighet
Av rike stort
Den siste vår
Allmektighet
Endelig
Vår siste stund
En Kjempes slag
Et skjaer av lys
Som kaster håp
På en fattig mann
Som ikke vet
Hva bor i han
Et salig tegn
På undergang
Den siste stund
I naken drakt
Nå står vi her
På avgrunds mark
Den siste dag
Naturens gang
Vårt endelikt
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