"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.
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, elle m'a dit ça hier.
Ca a claqué dans l'air comme un coup de revolver.
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, elle a jeté ça hier
Entre le fromage et le dessert comme mon cadavre à la mer.
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, ta peau est du papier de verre
Sous mes doigts ... sous mes doigts
Je te regarde et je pleure, juste pour rien... Comme ça.
Sans raison je pleure, à gros bouillons je pleure
comme devant un oignon je pleure, arretons là
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, relève-toi, relève-toi
Ne te mouche pas dans ma robe, pas cette fois, relève-toi
Tu n'as plus d'odeur, tes lèvres sont le marbre
De la tombe de notre amour, elle m'a dit ça, son sang était froid.
Quand je fais l'amour avec toi, je pense à lui.
Quand je fais l'amour avec lui, je ne pense plus à toi.
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
(Instrumental)
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, elle m'a dit ça hier.
Ca a pété dans l'air comme un vieux coup de tonnerre.
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, je te regarde et je ne vois rien.
Tes pas ne laissent plus de traces à coté des miens.
Je ne t'en veux pas, je ne t'en veux plus
je n'ai juste plus d'incendie au fond du ventre c'est comme ça
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
Lalala lalalalalala, lalala lalalalalala.
Alors j'ai éteint la télé mais je n'ai pas trouvé le courage,
Par la fenêtre de me jeter. Mourir d'amour n'est plus de mon âge.
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
Lalala lalalalalala.
Ca a claqué dans l'air comme un coup de revolver.
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, elle a jeté ça hier
Entre le fromage et le dessert comme mon cadavre à la mer.
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, ta peau est du papier de verre
Sous mes doigts ... sous mes doigts
Je te regarde et je pleure, juste pour rien... Comme ça.
Sans raison je pleure, à gros bouillons je pleure
comme devant un oignon je pleure, arretons là
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, relève-toi, relève-toi
Ne te mouche pas dans ma robe, pas cette fois, relève-toi
Tu n'as plus d'odeur, tes lèvres sont le marbre
De la tombe de notre amour, elle m'a dit ça, son sang était froid.
Quand je fais l'amour avec toi, je pense à lui.
Quand je fais l'amour avec lui, je ne pense plus à toi.
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
(Instrumental)
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, elle m'a dit ça hier.
Ca a pété dans l'air comme un vieux coup de tonnerre.
Je crois que je ne t'aime plus, je te regarde et je ne vois rien.
Tes pas ne laissent plus de traces à coté des miens.
Je ne t'en veux pas, je ne t'en veux plus
je n'ai juste plus d'incendie au fond du ventre c'est comme ça
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
Lalala lalalalalala, lalala lalalalalala.
Alors j'ai éteint la télé mais je n'ai pas trouvé le courage,
Par la fenêtre de me jeter. Mourir d'amour n'est plus de mon âge.
Lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit lalala lalalalalala, elle m'a dit
Lalala lalalalalala.
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here's the translation:
I think I don’t love you anymore She said that yesterday It boomed in the air Like a gunfire
I think I don’t love you anymore She threw that yesterday Between the cheese and the dessert Like a dead body in the sea
I think I don’t love you anymore Your skin is sandpaper Under my fingers… under my fingers I look at you and I cry For nothing… just like that
For no reason I cry, A river I cry, Like before an onion I cry, We should stop now lalalalala
She said to me lalalalala She said to me
I think I don’t love you anymore Stand up, stand up Don’t blow your nose in my dress Not this time… stand up
You don’t have a scent anymore Your lips are like the marble Of our love’s tomb She said that to me in a cold tone
When I make love with you I think of him When I make love with him I don’t think about you anymore lalalalala
I think I don’t love you anymore She said that yesterday, It cracked in the air Like a clap of thunder
I think I don’t love you anymore I look at you and I see nothing Your footsteps don’t leave traces anymore Next to mine
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