"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.
On this magical dawn the colors of the autumn are reflected by a light
A light that has been captured for years in oblivion
Circles of wind are raging now
And so his powers are slowly dying
Before the coldness rapes the lands
His spirit is wandering into the night, to die!
And he heard chimes ahead playing these enchanted notes,
That lead him into a wooden cabin, where he could rest for the night
Over the mountains
He had traveled
Across the oceans
Deep in the night
Now when it's time to
Say last farewells
Show us your power
Show us your might, gift from the sky
His eyes can see it so clearly now
But his restless mind cannot sense it in the air
The white storm is close!
And his powers gained in this mystical place more than he ever possessed before.
So now he could rule the realms of ice, once again!
A light that has been captured for years in oblivion
Circles of wind are raging now
And so his powers are slowly dying
Before the coldness rapes the lands
His spirit is wandering into the night, to die!
And he heard chimes ahead playing these enchanted notes,
That lead him into a wooden cabin, where he could rest for the night
Over the mountains
He had traveled
Across the oceans
Deep in the night
Now when it's time to
Say last farewells
Show us your power
Show us your might, gift from the sky
His eyes can see it so clearly now
But his restless mind cannot sense it in the air
The white storm is close!
And his powers gained in this mystical place more than he ever possessed before.
So now he could rule the realms of ice, once again!
Lyrics submitted by skycamefalling0
White Storm Lyrics as written by Jari Tapani Maeenpaeae Oliver Fokin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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