"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.
In the dokkoise house
With face covered,
Leaving open the door.
That night in muddy water
The blossom unfolds as
A beautiful flower.
Hana no iro wa
Utsuri ni keri na
Translation of Japanese:
The color of the flower
has already faded away.
O hana.
With face covered,
Leaving open the door.
That night in muddy water
The blossom unfolds as
A beautiful flower.
Hana no iro wa
Utsuri ni keri na
Translation of Japanese:
The color of the flower
has already faded away.
O hana.
Lyrics submitted by whenshesmiles
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