"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.
Kampen mot Gud og hvitekrist er igang!
Evig minnes vi de tapre som levde under vør hordes hammer Evig er krigen mot de av lyset, til de møter dødens ansikt dødens kulde
Vinder av kulde skal komme, for ø fryse kristenmanns blod
Vørt korstog har begynt og hvert skritt er en stake gjennom hvite krists
hjerte
Vi brenner guds barn på bålet
Vi brenner guds hus
Tidens mørke skal dekke for solen
Perleporten skal knuses
Og hver torne i hans skalle, hver spiker i hans kropp gir liv til nye
Sjeler født under dødens mektige trone
Vi gør vørt dødningtog til dødens land med de endeløse vidder
Nør korsfarerne dingler og hvite krists ønd er død
Nør mønen skinner blek og ensom, skal lyden av en dødsmarsj bestige
nordens mektige fjell
Borte var de av guds jord, bak en mørk sky mønen sø rø og kald
Sungen er siste tone av en gravsang
Evig minnes vi de tapre som levde under vør hordes hammer Evig er krigen mot de av lyset, til de møter dødens ansikt dødens kulde
Vinder av kulde skal komme, for ø fryse kristenmanns blod
Vørt korstog har begynt og hvert skritt er en stake gjennom hvite krists
hjerte
Vi brenner guds barn på bålet
Vi brenner guds hus
Tidens mørke skal dekke for solen
Perleporten skal knuses
Og hver torne i hans skalle, hver spiker i hans kropp gir liv til nye
Sjeler født under dødens mektige trone
Vi gør vørt dødningtog til dødens land med de endeløse vidder
Nør korsfarerne dingler og hvite krists ønd er død
Nør mønen skinner blek og ensom, skal lyden av en dødsmarsj bestige
nordens mektige fjell
Borte var de av guds jord, bak en mørk sky mønen sø rø og kald
Sungen er siste tone av en gravsang
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