"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.
Trúin á guðina, fylgjendur siðanna
sannsemi sjálfs síns, hreinskilni og tryggð.
Afrakstur vopnadauða, ei sigur né tap.
Samkoma jafningja í blóði eða anda,
í Ragnarökum berjast, uns enginn mun standa.
Eftir dauða ávalt velkomnir í hátíðarhöld,
ei sól né máni, dagur né kvöld.
Kristur svo kom og tók öll völd.
En ei hafa allir fallist á hans trú,
haldist sjálfum sér sannir, nú fram á 20stu öld.
Þrjóskan við kristni dofnar en helst,
ei sjá þeir blekkinguna sem í henni felst.
Trúin á guðina, varðveiting siðanna
mun koma á ný, með krist farin fyrir bý.
English:
In Blood and Spirit
The believe in the gods, followers of the old ways
the truth of one self, honesty and loyalty.
To die by a weapon, neither victory nor defeat.
The gathering of equals in blood or spirit
in Ragnarök will fight, until no man stands.
After death always welcome in a celebration
neither sun nor moon, day nor night.
Christ then came and took over.
But not everyone has submitted to his belief,
stayed true to themselves,now until the 20th century.
The resistance against Christianity fades but stays
blind are they to the illusion within it.
The believe in the gods, preservation of the culture
will come again, with Christianity thrown for the dogs.
sannsemi sjálfs síns, hreinskilni og tryggð.
Afrakstur vopnadauða, ei sigur né tap.
Samkoma jafningja í blóði eða anda,
í Ragnarökum berjast, uns enginn mun standa.
Eftir dauða ávalt velkomnir í hátíðarhöld,
ei sól né máni, dagur né kvöld.
Kristur svo kom og tók öll völd.
En ei hafa allir fallist á hans trú,
haldist sjálfum sér sannir, nú fram á 20stu öld.
Þrjóskan við kristni dofnar en helst,
ei sjá þeir blekkinguna sem í henni felst.
Trúin á guðina, varðveiting siðanna
mun koma á ný, með krist farin fyrir bý.
English:
In Blood and Spirit
The believe in the gods, followers of the old ways
the truth of one self, honesty and loyalty.
To die by a weapon, neither victory nor defeat.
The gathering of equals in blood or spirit
in Ragnarök will fight, until no man stands.
After death always welcome in a celebration
neither sun nor moon, day nor night.
Christ then came and took over.
But not everyone has submitted to his belief,
stayed true to themselves,now until the 20th century.
The resistance against Christianity fades but stays
blind are they to the illusion within it.
The believe in the gods, preservation of the culture
will come again, with Christianity thrown for the dogs.
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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