"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.
De tarde eu quero descansar
Chegar até a praia e ver
Se o vento ainda está forte, vai
Ser bom subir nas pedras, sei
Que faço isso pra esquecer
Eu deixo a onda me acertar
E o vento vai levando tudo embora
Agora está tão longe, vê
A linha do horizonte me distrai
Dos nossos planos é que tenho mais saudade
Quando olhávamos juntos na mesma direção
Aonde está você agora
Além de aqui dentro de mim?
Agimos certo sem querer
Foi só o tempo que errou
Vai ser difícil eu sem você
Porque você está comigo o tempo todo
E quando vejo o mar
Existe algo que diz
Que a vida continua e se entregar é uma bobagem
Já que você não está aqui
O que posso fazer é cuidar de mim
Quero ser feliz ao menos
Lembra que o plano era ficarmos bem?
Ei, olha só o que eu achei, hmm
Cavalos-marinhos
Sei que faço isso pra esquecer
Eu deixo a onda me acertar
E o vento vai levando tudo embora
Chegar até a praia e ver
Se o vento ainda está forte, vai
Ser bom subir nas pedras, sei
Que faço isso pra esquecer
Eu deixo a onda me acertar
E o vento vai levando tudo embora
Agora está tão longe, vê
A linha do horizonte me distrai
Dos nossos planos é que tenho mais saudade
Quando olhávamos juntos na mesma direção
Aonde está você agora
Além de aqui dentro de mim?
Agimos certo sem querer
Foi só o tempo que errou
Vai ser difícil eu sem você
Porque você está comigo o tempo todo
E quando vejo o mar
Existe algo que diz
Que a vida continua e se entregar é uma bobagem
Já que você não está aqui
O que posso fazer é cuidar de mim
Quero ser feliz ao menos
Lembra que o plano era ficarmos bem?
Ei, olha só o que eu achei, hmm
Cavalos-marinhos
Sei que faço isso pra esquecer
Eu deixo a onda me acertar
E o vento vai levando tudo embora
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