"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.
àðé äîëåôó ùùåáø àú äáðåú
äï øåàåú àåúé áùèç îúçéìåú îëåú
ìà ðåôì ìîùç÷éí äîèåôùéí ùì äðùéí -
ø÷ çåùáåú òì äù÷ìéí
îéøå æä àðé - àéù ùì æåô ÷öø
áà ðëðñ äåìê àð'ìà àáåà îçø
àú ëáùä àðé äæàá
åáùáéìê -
îëåôó äáððåú
àðé çîé àðé ôä åçí ìé áôä
àðé âåìù àåå ëîä ùàðé éôä
àðé àåñó çåøéí òì çùáåðï ùì ð÷áåú
ôìåîôé áé ëáø éàñåó àú äâåôåú
áéåí ääåà àðé ôúçúé àú îìçîú äòåìí
àú ëì äçáø'ä îòéøà÷ àðé äçæøúé òì âìùï
àú äçøéõ ùì äîùîù ùìê àðé ÷åèó
úðé ìé ú'áððä åàðé ëáø àëåôó
ìà ùí ìà ÷í àðé äâáø äîåùìí
åäáðåú ùäï éåãòåú äï øåöåú àåúé ëåìï
îçôùåú àåúé áëì ôéðä
äï òåùåú áúçúåðéí ëùäï øåàåú àú äòöîä
àéï ìëï ñéëåé àú æä àúï éåãòåú
òîå÷ áôðéí àúï òãééï î÷ååú
îå÷é æä àðé äëåáù æä äëéðåé
åàðé -
îëåôó äáððåú
äùí ùìé æä îå÷é îîùôçú â'åï ÷ìåã
òìé àúï çåìîåú ëùàúï îúôùèåú
àð'ìà çåâø çâåøä àð'ìà ðå÷è áàîöòéí
áåàé àìé òì 4 äñãéðéí øèåáéí
àðé ììå÷ç ìé àú îéøå åàú çîé àééñ
îàñèø ãåéã ëàï éåùá ìé òì äáééñ
àæ ùéîé àåúé áôä åúúçéìé ìòåôó
áåàé àìé òì 4 ëé àðé äîëåôó
÷åøàéí ìé îéøå åàðé îëéø
áðåú îàøâðèéðä åáðåú îáøæéì
éù ú'áú ùì øàù äòéø éù ñîåéåú ùì îùèøä
äéä ëáåã âãåì âí ìäëéø àú àçåúê
éù áðåú - àð'ìà ðåâò òí î÷ì
öåììåú àìé îôçã ìäñúëì
ëì äáðåú äï éåãòåú ìäúòìó
ëåìï øåöåú àú äáððä ùì äîëåôó
àðé áàúé îòéøà÷ ìäôéõ ôä àú ä÷ðà÷
ååìà÷ - îëåðú îéï îäùá÷
òåã ëéôåó ùí òåã ëéôåó ôåú
òåã ëéôåó ÷èï àðé òåùä îöååú
äéà úçèåó ùå÷ ëùäéà úøàä ú'àøèéùå÷ ùìé
àçåúé àðé ç÷ìàé âæòé
úçìé÷é òì áððä úâéùé ìé ÷áéìä
àðé òùøéí ñðèéí àçøé äáøéú îéìä
îëåôó äáððåú
äï øåàåú àåúé áùèç îúçéìåú îëåú
ìà ðåôì ìîùç÷éí äîèåôùéí ùì äðùéí -
ø÷ çåùáåú òì äù÷ìéí
îéøå æä àðé - àéù ùì æåô ÷öø
áà ðëðñ äåìê àð'ìà àáåà îçø
àú ëáùä àðé äæàá
åáùáéìê -
îëåôó äáððåú
àðé çîé àðé ôä åçí ìé áôä
àðé âåìù àåå ëîä ùàðé éôä
àðé àåñó çåøéí òì çùáåðï ùì ð÷áåú
ôìåîôé áé ëáø éàñåó àú äâåôåú
áéåí ääåà àðé ôúçúé àú îìçîú äòåìí
àú ëì äçáø'ä îòéøà÷ àðé äçæøúé òì âìùï
àú äçøéõ ùì äîùîù ùìê àðé ÷åèó
úðé ìé ú'áððä åàðé ëáø àëåôó
ìà ùí ìà ÷í àðé äâáø äîåùìí
åäáðåú ùäï éåãòåú äï øåöåú àåúé ëåìï
îçôùåú àåúé áëì ôéðä
äï òåùåú áúçúåðéí ëùäï øåàåú àú äòöîä
àéï ìëï ñéëåé àú æä àúï éåãòåú
òîå÷ áôðéí àúï òãééï î÷ååú
îå÷é æä àðé äëåáù æä äëéðåé
åàðé -
îëåôó äáððåú
äùí ùìé æä îå÷é îîùôçú â'åï ÷ìåã
òìé àúï çåìîåú ëùàúï îúôùèåú
àð'ìà çåâø çâåøä àð'ìà ðå÷è áàîöòéí
áåàé àìé òì 4 äñãéðéí øèåáéí
àðé ììå÷ç ìé àú îéøå åàú çîé àééñ
îàñèø ãåéã ëàï éåùá ìé òì äáééñ
àæ ùéîé àåúé áôä åúúçéìé ìòåôó
áåàé àìé òì 4 ëé àðé äîëåôó
÷åøàéí ìé îéøå åàðé îëéø
áðåú îàøâðèéðä åáðåú îáøæéì
éù ú'áú ùì øàù äòéø éù ñîåéåú ùì îùèøä
äéä ëáåã âãåì âí ìäëéø àú àçåúê
éù áðåú - àð'ìà ðåâò òí î÷ì
öåììåú àìé îôçã ìäñúëì
ëì äáðåú äï éåãòåú ìäúòìó
ëåìï øåöåú àú äáððä ùì äîëåôó
àðé áàúé îòéøà÷ ìäôéõ ôä àú ä÷ðà÷
ååìà÷ - îëåðú îéï îäùá÷
òåã ëéôåó ùí òåã ëéôåó ôåú
òåã ëéôåó ÷èï àðé òåùä îöååú
äéà úçèåó ùå÷ ëùäéà úøàä ú'àøèéùå÷ ùìé
àçåúé àðé ç÷ìàé âæòé
úçìé÷é òì áððä úâéùé ìé ÷áéìä
àðé òùøéí ñðèéí àçøé äáøéú îéìä
îëåôó äáððåú
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
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