"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.
Like an ogre you are devouring hearts
Under the mask your vile face smiles
Starving demons without salvation
Could you hear melody from the execution block
tsumi to kudaketa kokoro ga samayoi aruitemo yuresarenu omoi subete ga mune wo tsukisashite
My spirit, leave the poisoned abyss, draw from the deep lake of infinity
meguru unmei no tobira akeru kagi kono te no naka ni nai aru guuzou o kowaseba
sou mawaru sekai wo kono ude de hiki yose dakishimenakereba yuu utsu na kono sora wo
I know suffering isn't celestial nor earthly but supreme sanctuary,
origin of imagination
New life is born in this world ruled by chaos
towa ni sasageta karada wa datenshi ni kawari te mebae yui hikari o matotte habataki
meguru unmei no tobira akeru kagi kono te no naka ni nai aru guuzou o kowashite
sou mawaru sekai wo kono ude de hiki yose dakishimenakereba yuu utsu na kono sora e
nageki kanashimi de haritsukeni sareta karada o hiki saite
yogoreta chi o subete nagashite
karada ni kizamareta chikai no akashi wo
shukumei no tobira ni
Under the mask your vile face smiles
Starving demons without salvation
Could you hear melody from the execution block
tsumi to kudaketa kokoro ga samayoi aruitemo yuresarenu omoi subete ga mune wo tsukisashite
My spirit, leave the poisoned abyss, draw from the deep lake of infinity
meguru unmei no tobira akeru kagi kono te no naka ni nai aru guuzou o kowaseba
sou mawaru sekai wo kono ude de hiki yose dakishimenakereba yuu utsu na kono sora wo
I know suffering isn't celestial nor earthly but supreme sanctuary,
origin of imagination
New life is born in this world ruled by chaos
towa ni sasageta karada wa datenshi ni kawari te mebae yui hikari o matotte habataki
meguru unmei no tobira akeru kagi kono te no naka ni nai aru guuzou o kowashite
sou mawaru sekai wo kono ude de hiki yose dakishimenakereba yuu utsu na kono sora e
nageki kanashimi de haritsukeni sareta karada o hiki saite
yogoreta chi o subete nagashite
karada ni kizamareta chikai no akashi wo
shukumei no tobira ni
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Eternally Beyond Lyrics as written by Mana
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