"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.
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da,
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da,
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da
You told me that you loved me
And kissed me in the street
I felt your arms around me
Like ground beneath my feet
You promised me forever
I wouldn't have to ask
Your poems were so clever
I never saw your mask
You gave your heart so freely
I could not even see
It wasn't you who smiled right back at me
Odi Et Amo
Odi Et Amo
Me Oscuros
I'm not afraid of darkness
That walks the city streets
Betrayal is the one thing that brings me to my knees
I thought you were an angel
My rescue from this hell
The devil was an actor who played his part too well
You vanished in the shadows
And suddenly I knew
That I would give my life to be with you
Odi Et Amo, Odi Et Amo
Me Oscuros
Odi Et Amo, Odi Et Amo
I don't mean to leave it up to fate
Love is just another side of hate
It's flowing through my veins
It burns me from within
The line between a lover and enemy's grown thin
Too late for the sinner to be saved
Your heart is the mystery I craved
You're pushing me too far
You've brought me to my knees
When pain becomes the pleasure
And torture feels like bliss
Odi et amo, Odi et amo
Me Oscuros
Odi et amo, Odi et amo
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da,
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da
You told me that you loved me
And kissed me in the street
I felt your arms around me
Like ground beneath my feet
You promised me forever
I wouldn't have to ask
Your poems were so clever
I never saw your mask
You gave your heart so freely
I could not even see
It wasn't you who smiled right back at me
Odi Et Amo
Odi Et Amo
Me Oscuros
I'm not afraid of darkness
That walks the city streets
Betrayal is the one thing that brings me to my knees
I thought you were an angel
My rescue from this hell
The devil was an actor who played his part too well
You vanished in the shadows
And suddenly I knew
That I would give my life to be with you
Odi Et Amo, Odi Et Amo
Me Oscuros
Odi Et Amo, Odi Et Amo
I don't mean to leave it up to fate
Love is just another side of hate
It's flowing through my veins
It burns me from within
The line between a lover and enemy's grown thin
Too late for the sinner to be saved
Your heart is the mystery I craved
You're pushing me too far
You've brought me to my knees
When pain becomes the pleasure
And torture feels like bliss
Odi et amo, Odi et amo
Me Oscuros
Odi et amo, Odi et amo
Lyrics submitted by incurable_humanist
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If you'd like to complete it, I've figured out the rest of the Latin in the song. Chorus #1: Odi et amo, odi et amo mi oscoros, odi dis
Chorus #2: Odi et amo, odi et amo mi oscoros, odi dis Odi et amo, odi et amo Ergo in soro, foris
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