"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.
Gold, finger itches
Gold, in the hand
Gold, you have to have
Gold, all for yourself
Björk
Gold, full train of it
Gold, rob the train
Gold, murder in the train
Gold, get some gold
Björk
Gold is the sweat of the sun
Give me some gold!
Gold, it glitters
Gold, is soft and thin
Einar
I'm searching for gold
I need gold just to see
Never seen it before
Indication of gold
Do I see gold?
Bloody fingers!
Dig! Crawl! Dig!
Björk
Gold is the sweat of the sun
Give me some gold!
Einar
I continue to dig into the earth,
Torn fingers, bloody fingers..
Björk
There is a sun in the sky
Nothing has changed
And gold, begotten of the sun..
Give me gold!
I need it now, oh gold!
Einar
I'm still searching for gold
I need gold
Björk
And I have to have a chunk of.. gold
Einar
No indication of gold
Björk
Just a little piece of gold for me!
Einar
In the core of the earth
Björk
Oh, gold!
Einar
I see the glow, this is the gold
Björk
Gold, gold! Oh gold!
Einar
I need gold!
Björk & Einar
Oh, gold !
Gold, in the hand
Gold, you have to have
Gold, all for yourself
Björk
Gold, full train of it
Gold, rob the train
Gold, murder in the train
Gold, get some gold
Björk
Gold is the sweat of the sun
Give me some gold!
Gold, it glitters
Gold, is soft and thin
Einar
I'm searching for gold
I need gold just to see
Never seen it before
Indication of gold
Do I see gold?
Bloody fingers!
Dig! Crawl! Dig!
Björk
Gold is the sweat of the sun
Give me some gold!
Einar
I continue to dig into the earth,
Torn fingers, bloody fingers..
Björk
There is a sun in the sky
Nothing has changed
And gold, begotten of the sun..
Give me gold!
I need it now, oh gold!
Einar
I'm still searching for gold
I need gold
Björk
And I have to have a chunk of.. gold
Einar
No indication of gold
Björk
Just a little piece of gold for me!
Einar
In the core of the earth
Björk
Oh, gold!
Einar
I see the glow, this is the gold
Björk
Gold, gold! Oh gold!
Einar
I need gold!
Björk & Einar
Oh, gold !
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