"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.
Lakho Hazaro chahare
Raste me khade bhooke
Naseeb me kya likha hay
Kiskee nazar lagee hay
Pehechano unke akho ko
Lalaj ke do neeshane
Nafarat se lade hay
Daulat ke do nishane
Just perfect
And our leader close their eyes
Perfect
Telling lies, selling lies, selling lies
Perfect
They don’t hear our cries
Perfect
Wells are dry, children die, children die
But there’s one solution
Back home is where she stays
She rids my minds pollution
When she whispers “It’s okay”
I can still find some solace
Two thousand miles away
We’ve built our own safe haven
I our tight embrace
She’s perfect
I’m seeing it in her face
Perfect
No one else can take her place, take her place, take her place
Perfect
I feel it in her taste
Perfect
She knows how to give me space
Perfect
How long will you believe in us
Perfect
I only know it when you’re gone, when you’re gone
[translation]
Hundreds of Thousands of faces
Standing hungry in the streets
What's written in future (destiny)?
Who's bad karma/vibes has hurt them
(This line is very hard to translate exactly)
Recognize their eyes
Two symbols of jealousy
Led by hate and anger
Fueled by false hopes of riches
Just Perfect
Raste me khade bhooke
Naseeb me kya likha hay
Kiskee nazar lagee hay
Pehechano unke akho ko
Lalaj ke do neeshane
Nafarat se lade hay
Daulat ke do nishane
Just perfect
And our leader close their eyes
Perfect
Telling lies, selling lies, selling lies
Perfect
They don’t hear our cries
Perfect
Wells are dry, children die, children die
But there’s one solution
Back home is where she stays
She rids my minds pollution
When she whispers “It’s okay”
I can still find some solace
Two thousand miles away
We’ve built our own safe haven
I our tight embrace
She’s perfect
I’m seeing it in her face
Perfect
No one else can take her place, take her place, take her place
Perfect
I feel it in her taste
Perfect
She knows how to give me space
Perfect
How long will you believe in us
Perfect
I only know it when you’re gone, when you’re gone
[translation]
Hundreds of Thousands of faces
Standing hungry in the streets
What's written in future (destiny)?
Who's bad karma/vibes has hurt them
(This line is very hard to translate exactly)
Recognize their eyes
Two symbols of jealousy
Led by hate and anger
Fueled by false hopes of riches
Just Perfect
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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