"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.
Hin und wieder stell' ich fest, daß ich nicht mehr lachen kann
Über Sachen, die ich früher lustig fand
Hin und wieder merk' ich auch, daß ich keine Menschen brauch'
Und lieber ganz alleine bin
Doch der Schmerz ist zuckersüß
Und irgendwie auch so vertraut
Ich hab' mich dran gewöhnt
So fehlt zur letzten Konsequenz
Einmal mehr das bißchen Mut
Und die paradoxe Wut darüber wird im Traum ertränkt
Von der beschissenen Leichtigkeit des Scheins
Hin und wieder wird mir klar, daß alles anders geworden ist
Als es scheint, daß es früher einmal war
Hin und wieder spüre ich, daß ich die Sonne nicht mehr mag
Weil ich das helle Licht nicht mehr ertrag'
(Refrain)
Wie ein Quadrat in einem Kreis
Eck' ich immer wieder an
Obwohl ich doch schon lange weiß,
Daß ich niemals ändern kann,
Was sich niemals ändern wird
Weil das Schlechte immer bleibt
Und doch die Sonne wieder scheint
Scheißegal, was auch passiert
Wie ein Quadrat in einem Kreis
Eck' ich immer wieder an
Obwohl ich doch schon lange weiß,
Daß ich niemals ändern kann,
Was sich niemals ändern wird
Weil das Schlechte immer bleibt
Und doch die Sonne wieder scheint
Immer wieder stell' ich fest
Daß das Hin und wieder immer öfter
Ständig - ist
Über Sachen, die ich früher lustig fand
Hin und wieder merk' ich auch, daß ich keine Menschen brauch'
Und lieber ganz alleine bin
Doch der Schmerz ist zuckersüß
Und irgendwie auch so vertraut
Ich hab' mich dran gewöhnt
So fehlt zur letzten Konsequenz
Einmal mehr das bißchen Mut
Und die paradoxe Wut darüber wird im Traum ertränkt
Von der beschissenen Leichtigkeit des Scheins
Hin und wieder wird mir klar, daß alles anders geworden ist
Als es scheint, daß es früher einmal war
Hin und wieder spüre ich, daß ich die Sonne nicht mehr mag
Weil ich das helle Licht nicht mehr ertrag'
(Refrain)
Wie ein Quadrat in einem Kreis
Eck' ich immer wieder an
Obwohl ich doch schon lange weiß,
Daß ich niemals ändern kann,
Was sich niemals ändern wird
Weil das Schlechte immer bleibt
Und doch die Sonne wieder scheint
Scheißegal, was auch passiert
Wie ein Quadrat in einem Kreis
Eck' ich immer wieder an
Obwohl ich doch schon lange weiß,
Daß ich niemals ändern kann,
Was sich niemals ändern wird
Weil das Schlechte immer bleibt
Und doch die Sonne wieder scheint
Immer wieder stell' ich fest
Daß das Hin und wieder immer öfter
Ständig - ist
Lyrics submitted by punk_in_drublic99
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If any of you spoke german, you would realize this is a great song. I'll try and translate it for those who "kann Deutsch nicht sprechen"
Now and then I notice That I can no longer laugh at things that I used to find funny
Now and then I realize that I don't need any one and would rather be left alone
The pain is sugar-sweet and somehow also very familiar I have become accustomed to it The last consequence is missing once again, the bit of courage and the paradoxical fury of it will be drowned in a dream from the fucking ease of this apparition
Now and then I make it clear that everything has changed, compared to what I used to be
Now and then I feel that I don't want the sun, because I cannot bear its bright light
Like a square in a Circle, I always take offense although I've known for a long time that I can change nothing that never wants to change because the evil always remains as long as the sun shines, I don't give a shit what happens
Yet again I notice, that now and again that this is always true
So maybe it sounds better in German, but either way, those are some deep lyrics, and if you don't like them then (fickt euch) LoL ;)
Wow.. thats great... Thanks for the translation. I've always wondered what it meant. These lyrics are great.
Heyy ! Thx ! I listened to this song asking myself what it means... The only words in german I know are : Du bist, héhéhé ! you are I think ! And Schrei Nach liebe (scream after love).... I would like to speak it but anyway ! French-English and spanish, enough for now, maybe in one year ! Thx again for translation, it's a GREAT song !
yeah translation is right.. :) but its "nicht Detsch sprechen kann" ;)
translation is almost right with some mistakes ;) nice to see that WIZO is so well-known around the world. and yes thats a very great song... i can identify with every line... unbelieveable they got the exact right words to express this feelings...
I didn't know people who don't speak German actually listen to WIZO. Haha, I guess I learned something new.