"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.
Tourne-toi
(Non) contre moi
Non, pas comme ça (et danse)
La décadanse
Oui, c'est bien
Bouge tes reins
Lentement
Devant les miens
Reste là
Derrière moi
Balance
La décadanse
Que tes mains
Frôlent mes seins
Et mon cœur
Qui est le tien
Mon amour
De toujours
Patience
La décadanse
Sous mes doigts
T'emmènera
Vers de lointains
Au-delàs
Des eaux troubles
Soudain troublent
Mes sens
La décadanse
M'a perdue
Ah, tu me tues
Mon amour
Dis, m'aimes-tu?
Je t'aimais
Déjà, mais
Nuance
La décadanse
Plus encore
Que notre mort
Lie nos âmes
Et nos corps
Dieu, pardonnez nos
Offenses
La décadanse
A bercé
Nos corps blessés
Et nos âmes égarées
Dieu
Pardonnez nos offenses
La décadanse
A bercé
Nos corps blasés
Et nos âmes égarées
(Non) contre moi
Non, pas comme ça (et danse)
La décadanse
Oui, c'est bien
Bouge tes reins
Lentement
Devant les miens
Reste là
Derrière moi
Balance
La décadanse
Que tes mains
Frôlent mes seins
Et mon cœur
Qui est le tien
Mon amour
De toujours
Patience
La décadanse
Sous mes doigts
T'emmènera
Vers de lointains
Au-delàs
Des eaux troubles
Soudain troublent
Mes sens
La décadanse
M'a perdue
Ah, tu me tues
Mon amour
Dis, m'aimes-tu?
Je t'aimais
Déjà, mais
Nuance
La décadanse
Plus encore
Que notre mort
Lie nos âmes
Et nos corps
Dieu, pardonnez nos
Offenses
La décadanse
A bercé
Nos corps blessés
Et nos âmes égarées
Dieu
Pardonnez nos offenses
La décadanse
A bercé
Nos corps blasés
Et nos âmes égarées
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