"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.
オレンジのスライド映す空
スポンジのプライドぶらさげて
スパイダー
生け捕ったその予感は
隠さなくたっていいんだ
色のついた夢見たいな
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ride on shooting star
心の声で散弾銃のように
唄い続けた
グランジのハムスター大人びて
リベンジのロブスター引き連れて
スナイパー
ふちどったその世界に
何が見えるって言うんだ
狙う前に触わりたいな
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ride on shooting star
キミを探して禁断症状中
嘘をついた
Ride on shooting star
心の声で散弾銃のように
唄い続けた
Pe, pe, ru, pe, pe, ru, yeah
Ah, ah, ooh, yeah
スポンジのプライドぶらさげて
スパイダー
生け捕ったその予感は
隠さなくたっていいんだ
色のついた夢見たいな
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ride on shooting star
心の声で散弾銃のように
唄い続けた
グランジのハムスター大人びて
リベンジのロブスター引き連れて
スナイパー
ふちどったその世界に
何が見えるって言うんだ
狙う前に触わりたいな
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ride on shooting star
キミを探して禁断症状中
嘘をついた
Ride on shooting star
心の声で散弾銃のように
唄い続けた
Pe, pe, ru, pe, pe, ru, yeah
Ah, ah, ooh, yeah
Lyrics submitted by darkprincess016
Ride On Shooting Star Lyrics as written by Sawao Yamanaka
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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