"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.
Tu, que pierdes el control
Hablando en alta voz
Hieres mi corazón
Yo, tratando de escuchar
No me puedo explicar
Qué extraía sensación
Tu no me quieres entender
Y me mandas a callar diciéndome
No me debo sorprender
Porque así es la realidad
De nuestro amor
Y yo
No tengo armas para enfrentarte
Pongo mis manos, manos al aire
Solo me importa amarte
En cuerpo y alma como era ayer
Tu que perdiste el control
Te dejaste llevar
Por la inseguridad
Yo que te he visto crecer
Me puedo imaginar
Que todo cambiara
Hoy aunque todo siga igual
Y me mandes a callar diciéndome
Que tienes que dominar
O será el final
Y yo no puedo así
Y yo
No tengo armas para enfrentarte
Pongo mis manos, manos al aire
Solo me importa amarte
En cuerpo y alma como era ayer
Hablando en alta voz
Hieres mi corazón
Yo, tratando de escuchar
No me puedo explicar
Qué extraía sensación
Tu no me quieres entender
Y me mandas a callar diciéndome
No me debo sorprender
Porque así es la realidad
De nuestro amor
Y yo
No tengo armas para enfrentarte
Pongo mis manos, manos al aire
Solo me importa amarte
En cuerpo y alma como era ayer
Tu que perdiste el control
Te dejaste llevar
Por la inseguridad
Yo que te he visto crecer
Me puedo imaginar
Que todo cambiara
Hoy aunque todo siga igual
Y me mandes a callar diciéndome
Que tienes que dominar
O será el final
Y yo no puedo así
Y yo
No tengo armas para enfrentarte
Pongo mis manos, manos al aire
Solo me importa amarte
En cuerpo y alma como era ayer
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Manos al Aire Lyrics as written by Nelly Furtado James Mccollum
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