"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.
Munin, memory of Odin,
Destiny's observer in the Midgard of men
The Providence Crow knows who you are
He cries from Mont Blanc to the Midgard of men
You saw me on the chimney of the sinking ship
You heard my hoarse cries by the bed of the sick
You can tell where I am by the sound of the whip
Every palce I visit the fog of misery lies thick
I am Destiny's Bird, the Providence Crow
From my Mont Blanc to your Humanity Low
I observe your crimes and all that go wrong
In Harmonia Universali, this is your song
Once you lived in the caves and under the trees
Hidden in a house, now you cannot freeze
Remember I know you as the animal you are
Cutlery and clothes only make a monkey star
I am Destiny's Bird, the Providence Crow
From my Mont Blanc to your Humanity Low
I observe your crimes and all that go wrong
In Harmonia Universali, this is your song
I can give you Wisdom, Beauty and Power
Turn you into a robot or make you a flower
But I prefer you just the way you are
A smartly dressed criminal, a singing monkey star
I am Destiny's Bird, the Providence Crow
From my Mont Blanc to your Humanity Low
I observe your crimes and all that go wrong
In Harmonia Universali, this is your song
Destiny's observer in the Midgard of men
The Providence Crow knows who you are
He cries from Mont Blanc to the Midgard of men
You saw me on the chimney of the sinking ship
You heard my hoarse cries by the bed of the sick
You can tell where I am by the sound of the whip
Every palce I visit the fog of misery lies thick
I am Destiny's Bird, the Providence Crow
From my Mont Blanc to your Humanity Low
I observe your crimes and all that go wrong
In Harmonia Universali, this is your song
Once you lived in the caves and under the trees
Hidden in a house, now you cannot freeze
Remember I know you as the animal you are
Cutlery and clothes only make a monkey star
I am Destiny's Bird, the Providence Crow
From my Mont Blanc to your Humanity Low
I observe your crimes and all that go wrong
In Harmonia Universali, this is your song
I can give you Wisdom, Beauty and Power
Turn you into a robot or make you a flower
But I prefer you just the way you are
A smartly dressed criminal, a singing monkey star
I am Destiny's Bird, the Providence Crow
From my Mont Blanc to your Humanity Low
I observe your crimes and all that go wrong
In Harmonia Universali, this is your song
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