"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.
A record of the delightful piece they're going to play this evening
Ladies and gentlemen (Ladies and gentlemen)
Ladies and gentlemen (Ladies and gentlemen)
Your attention please!
And now the moment we've been waiting for is here
I have something to tell you
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Whatever will be (Remember)
Will be (Remember)
Will be
The future's not our
I believe in the future
I believe in the future
I don't believe in miracles
Can it be true? It must be true! No doubt! (No doubt)
Life is going on as normally as ever
But suddenly something seems to have happened (suddenly something seems to have happened)
Everybody seems to be staring in one direction
People seem to be frightened, even terrified
I want everybody to understand this
I don't understand
I don't understand
There are a lot of things we don't understand, either
We need answers from you: what did you expect to find? (What did you expect to find?)
What's going to be our future?
It's your responsibility to do something about it
Well, I have the key in my hands, all I have to find is the lock (the lock)
Now listen to me, all of you
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Whatever will be (Remember)
Will be (Remember)
Will be
Oh, you're divine
Ladies and gentlemen (Ladies and gentlemen)
Ladies and gentlemen (Ladies and gentlemen)
Your attention please!
And now the moment we've been waiting for is here
I have something to tell you
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Whatever will be (Remember)
Will be (Remember)
Will be
The future's not our
I believe in the future
I believe in the future
I don't believe in miracles
Can it be true? It must be true! No doubt! (No doubt)
Life is going on as normally as ever
But suddenly something seems to have happened (suddenly something seems to have happened)
Everybody seems to be staring in one direction
People seem to be frightened, even terrified
I want everybody to understand this
I don't understand
I don't understand
There are a lot of things we don't understand, either
We need answers from you: what did you expect to find? (What did you expect to find?)
What's going to be our future?
It's your responsibility to do something about it
Well, I have the key in my hands, all I have to find is the lock (the lock)
Now listen to me, all of you
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Qué será, será
Whatever will be (Remember)
Will be (Remember)
Will be
Oh, you're divine
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this song is called QUE sera.....que is spanish for what
Que sera, is "what happens" or in the lyrics "whatever will be, will be". I've been puzzled over this song for a while and I think it's about time passing and then suddenly realizing that you might have wasted that time or realized you want something different for your future instead of the direction you're heading now. The lyrics are an internal dialog to represent that panic. "It's your responsibility to do something about it" your subconscious says to yourself. <br /> <br /> But if you want to think politically, it's about a nation. And everyone wants to put the future and the responsibility of said future on everyone else. Everyone wants to say what needs to happen but no one wants to be the one to act or to make a change.
"Que" is the French for "what" "Sera" is the French for "will be"
So "Que Sera" can be understood as a question about the future.