"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.
Oh Mother North, eyes like blue sapphires.
I'm lost in your wilderness, in your arms.
From your love my heart has been forged.
Eternal nights, to Everlight, to winter's throne.
Niin laulut Pohjolan kun sammuu, hiipuu hiljaa.
Hallatar kun viljaa lyö, ja yö tuo kuninkaan tuon talven maan.
Niin routaan kaivetaan, lepoon oman maan.
Ja laulut Pohjolan mukaan vain saan.
Oh Mother North, lakes like blue sapphires.
Under your skies, into the wild, I drown my sorrows.
Niin laulut Pohjolan kun sammuu, hiipuu hiljaa.
Hallatar kun viljaa lyö, ja yö tuo kuninkaan tuon talven maan.
Niin routaan kaivetaan, lepoon oman maan.
Ja laulut Pohjolan mukaan vain saan.
At the midnight hour of sacred light.
The magic of these woods, so alive.
The shadows of the giants in a silvery dark light,
from the snowy trees ahead.
And their slow march closer to the flaming night skies,
to touch the tail of fire.
But their roots hold the secrets, these melodies.
Echoes from the past, nothing here will last.
But the songs from your journey,
you will bury with your heart.
Niin laulut Pohjolan kun sammuu, hiipuu hiljaa.
Hallatar kun viljaa lyö, ja yö tuo kuninkaan tuon talven maan.
Niin routaan kaivetaan, lepoon oman maan.
Ja laulut Pohjolan mukaan vain saan.
I'm lost in your wilderness, in your arms.
From your love my heart has been forged.
Eternal nights, to Everlight, to winter's throne.
Niin laulut Pohjolan kun sammuu, hiipuu hiljaa.
Hallatar kun viljaa lyö, ja yö tuo kuninkaan tuon talven maan.
Niin routaan kaivetaan, lepoon oman maan.
Ja laulut Pohjolan mukaan vain saan.
Oh Mother North, lakes like blue sapphires.
Under your skies, into the wild, I drown my sorrows.
Niin laulut Pohjolan kun sammuu, hiipuu hiljaa.
Hallatar kun viljaa lyö, ja yö tuo kuninkaan tuon talven maan.
Niin routaan kaivetaan, lepoon oman maan.
Ja laulut Pohjolan mukaan vain saan.
At the midnight hour of sacred light.
The magic of these woods, so alive.
The shadows of the giants in a silvery dark light,
from the snowy trees ahead.
And their slow march closer to the flaming night skies,
to touch the tail of fire.
But their roots hold the secrets, these melodies.
Echoes from the past, nothing here will last.
But the songs from your journey,
you will bury with your heart.
Niin laulut Pohjolan kun sammuu, hiipuu hiljaa.
Hallatar kun viljaa lyö, ja yö tuo kuninkaan tuon talven maan.
Niin routaan kaivetaan, lepoon oman maan.
Ja laulut Pohjolan mukaan vain saan.
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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