"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.
ayazakana hana
vivid flower
dare mo shiranai kedo
boku wa makeinu datta n da
chikaku ni aru noni
mienakute
itsumo samayotte ita n da...
No one knows it, but
I was a loser
Even though it was close by
I couldn't see it
and I was always wandering...
hitoriyogari no uso o narabete
dare mo irenai you ni kagi wo kakete
tozasareta kurai heya no naka de
jibun sae mitsukerarenaku natte ita
I arranged the lies of self-satisfaction
and locked the door so no one could come in
and in an almost shut-off room
I couldn't even find myself
sou wakatteta
konna n ja nani mo dekinai yo!!
Then I understood
I can't do anything like this!!
* kimi wa suki desu ka?
anata no koto wo
hokori kabutte iru yo
azayaka na hana
* Do you like yourself?
It's wearing its pride
The vivid flower
mado wo akete mina yo
fuyu no nioi ga suru n da
mita koto nai you na
tokimeki ga
kimi wo matte iru n da yo
Open up the window, everyone
Smell the winter
The excitement of something like you've never seen before
is waiting for you
sonna arifureta tsukurimono no hana ja
itsu made tattemo kaoranai n da
yasumono no PURAIDO ni shigamitsuita tte
nan no kekka mo nokosenai no sa
That ordinary flower you made
won't ever give off a scent, no matter how long it stands
If you cling to the pride in your junk
There won't be any kind of result left
mou kore kara wa
ibitsuna jibun datte ii ja n!
Really From now on
A distorted you will be just fine!
* repeat
* repeat
sore de ii no ka? sore ga ii no ka?
otonarisan to wa chigau kimi dake no
azayaka na hana wo sakasete yo!!
Is it okay like that? Will that be okay?
Make the flower that is only yours and
different from the next person's bloom!
* repeat
* repeat
kimi ga mienai yo
doko ni iru n desu ka?
sore ja karete shimau yo
azayaka na hana
I can't see you
Where are you?
If you don't come out, it'll wither and die *1
The vivid flower
azayaka na hana x3
vivid flower x3
vivid flower
dare mo shiranai kedo
boku wa makeinu datta n da
chikaku ni aru noni
mienakute
itsumo samayotte ita n da...
No one knows it, but
I was a loser
Even though it was close by
I couldn't see it
and I was always wandering...
hitoriyogari no uso o narabete
dare mo irenai you ni kagi wo kakete
tozasareta kurai heya no naka de
jibun sae mitsukerarenaku natte ita
I arranged the lies of self-satisfaction
and locked the door so no one could come in
and in an almost shut-off room
I couldn't even find myself
sou wakatteta
konna n ja nani mo dekinai yo!!
Then I understood
I can't do anything like this!!
* kimi wa suki desu ka?
anata no koto wo
hokori kabutte iru yo
azayaka na hana
* Do you like yourself?
It's wearing its pride
The vivid flower
mado wo akete mina yo
fuyu no nioi ga suru n da
mita koto nai you na
tokimeki ga
kimi wo matte iru n da yo
Open up the window, everyone
Smell the winter
The excitement of something like you've never seen before
is waiting for you
sonna arifureta tsukurimono no hana ja
itsu made tattemo kaoranai n da
yasumono no PURAIDO ni shigamitsuita tte
nan no kekka mo nokosenai no sa
That ordinary flower you made
won't ever give off a scent, no matter how long it stands
If you cling to the pride in your junk
There won't be any kind of result left
mou kore kara wa
ibitsuna jibun datte ii ja n!
Really From now on
A distorted you will be just fine!
* repeat
* repeat
sore de ii no ka? sore ga ii no ka?
otonarisan to wa chigau kimi dake no
azayaka na hana wo sakasete yo!!
Is it okay like that? Will that be okay?
Make the flower that is only yours and
different from the next person's bloom!
* repeat
* repeat
kimi ga mienai yo
doko ni iru n desu ka?
sore ja karete shimau yo
azayaka na hana
I can't see you
Where are you?
If you don't come out, it'll wither and die *1
The vivid flower
azayaka na hana x3
vivid flower x3
Lyrics submitted by darkprincess016
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