"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.
Sous l’ombre et mes faiblesses, je me force à m’inventer des lendemains mâtinés de lumière, de joie et de douceur retrouvée. Pourtant j’aimerais choisir une nouvelle aube et sa simplicité, j’aimerais pouvoir m’apaiser, marcher enfin libéré de ces fardeaux qui ont pesé sur ma vie. Mais j’ai peur d’être incapable de faire le premier pas. Je fuis lâchement cette main qui me pousserait enfin dans le vide de cette vie consumée, qui m'enverrait, délesté, là où j'aimerais qu'on me mente à jamais.
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