"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.
Guuzen no deai ga mirai made kaete shimau
Kiseki o shinji na yo umaku iku sa
It's gonna be OK!
Dare ni mo watasenai taisetsuna mono wa hitotsu
Chansu wa ichido dake te ni irero yo ashita ja osoi
Tada hiza o dakaete ochikonda kinou
Wasurete shimae jibun o shinjite
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Chansu wa me no mae
Daijoubu kitto OK!
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Owari no nai yume no tame ni
Akirameta toki kara tsukisae nigete shimau
Girigiri no puresshaa made tanoshimereba
It's gonna be OK!
Ruuru wa hitotsu dake bibitteru yatsu wa dame sa
Gyamburu wa ichido dake inochi kakete asonde miyou
Tada reeru no ue o dareka no tame ni
Hashiri tsuzukete manzoku shicha irarenai hazu
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Dame de mo kamawanai
Kampeki ni OK!
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Machi ni matta nami ni norou
Tada hiza o dakaete ochikonde itemo
Kotae wa mienai jibun o shinjite
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Chansu wa me no mae
Daijoubu kitto OK!
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Chansu wa me no mae
Daijoubu kitto OK!
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Dame de mo kamawanai
Kampeki ni OK!
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Machi ni matta nami ni norou
Kiseki o shinji na yo umaku iku sa
It's gonna be OK!
Dare ni mo watasenai taisetsuna mono wa hitotsu
Chansu wa ichido dake te ni irero yo ashita ja osoi
Tada hiza o dakaete ochikonda kinou
Wasurete shimae jibun o shinjite
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Chansu wa me no mae
Daijoubu kitto OK!
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Owari no nai yume no tame ni
Akirameta toki kara tsukisae nigete shimau
Girigiri no puresshaa made tanoshimereba
It's gonna be OK!
Ruuru wa hitotsu dake bibitteru yatsu wa dame sa
Gyamburu wa ichido dake inochi kakete asonde miyou
Tada reeru no ue o dareka no tame ni
Hashiri tsuzukete manzoku shicha irarenai hazu
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Dame de mo kamawanai
Kampeki ni OK!
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Machi ni matta nami ni norou
Tada hiza o dakaete ochikonde itemo
Kotae wa mienai jibun o shinjite
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Chansu wa me no mae
Daijoubu kitto OK!
Tabun umaku iku ze dakara umaku iku ze
Chansu wa me no mae
Daijoubu kitto OK!
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Dame de mo kamawanai
Kampeki ni OK!
Itsumo yume o miteru nanimo ki ni shinaide
Machi ni matta nami ni norou
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
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