"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.
September, och jag fattar ett svårt beslut
min nedräkning börjar nu
där allt en gång tog slut
Oktober, och jag håller din hand för hårt
har do nåra goda råd
innan klockan byter år
Och do får bli mitt spöke om do vill
snälla, vänd inte ryggen till igen
snälla, möt min blick en allra sista gång
innan do lämnar min kropp
som blivit för trång
November, vi avslutar sagan snart
har do nåra lögner kvar
att pudra dina svar
December, har do nåra hjältar kvar
då är do en sällsynt art
den sista i sitt slag
Och do får bli mitt spöke om do vill
snälla, vänd inte ryggen till igen
snälla, möt min blick en sista gång
innan do lämnar min kropp
som blivit för trång
För trång
min nedräkning börjar nu
där allt en gång tog slut
Oktober, och jag håller din hand för hårt
har do nåra goda råd
innan klockan byter år
Och do får bli mitt spöke om do vill
snälla, vänd inte ryggen till igen
snälla, möt min blick en allra sista gång
innan do lämnar min kropp
som blivit för trång
November, vi avslutar sagan snart
har do nåra lögner kvar
att pudra dina svar
December, har do nåra hjältar kvar
då är do en sällsynt art
den sista i sitt slag
Och do får bli mitt spöke om do vill
snälla, vänd inte ryggen till igen
snälla, möt min blick en sista gång
innan do lämnar min kropp
som blivit för trång
För trång
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October, and I hold your hand to tight Do you have any good advices before the clocks change year?
And you can get my ghost if you want Please, don't turn your back to me again Please, meat my eyes for this last time Before you leave my body which has became too tight
November, we end the fairytale soon Do you have any lies left to powder your answers?
December, do you have any heroes left? then you're an rare kind the last one to find
And you can be my ghost if you want Please, don't turn your back to me again Please, meat my eyes for this last time Before you leave my body which has became too tight
Too tight"
A little late, but maybe there's more people who wants a translation :)