"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.
toki ha kanadete omoi ha afureru
togiresou na hodo toumei na koe ni
arukidashita sono hitomi he
hateshinai mirai ga tsuzuiteru
hontou ha totemo kokoro ha moroku
daremo ga hibiwareteiru
furidashita ame ni nurete
kimi ha mata tachidomatteshimau kedo
shinjite kureru kara
dare yori takaku sora he to chikazuku
kagayaki wo atsume hikari wo motometeru
moetsukite mo kamawanai sa
subete ha shinjitsu to tomo ni aru
'shounen ha hito no kage ni yuganda nikushimi wo mita'
sonna sekai ni nante mou nanimo mitakunai yo
nanimo! nanimo! nanimo!
kioku no tenbin ni kaketa
hitotsu no kizu ga tsuriau ni ha
hyaku no ai wo you suru...
keredo kokoro ha kaigan no ishi no you
nami ni nomare, takusan no kizu wo eru koto ni yori
ai ha keisei sareteyuku
sore demo omou anata no koto wo
kisetsu ga nagareteite mo...
me wo tojite itsumo miteta fuukei no you ni
nandome ka no ame mo agatta
setsunai hito yo kanawanu negai yo
naze kono mune kara ai ha umareteyuku?
sakimidareta hana ha yurete
shizunda daichi ni furisosogu
ai wo toki ha kanadete omoi ha afureru
togiresou na hodo toumei na koe ni
arukidashita sono hitomi he
owaranai mirai wo sasageyou
(chorus)
stairway to heaven
labyrinth to heart
togiresou na hodo toumei na koe ni
arukidashita sono hitomi he
hateshinai mirai ga tsuzuiteru
hontou ha totemo kokoro ha moroku
daremo ga hibiwareteiru
furidashita ame ni nurete
kimi ha mata tachidomatteshimau kedo
shinjite kureru kara
dare yori takaku sora he to chikazuku
kagayaki wo atsume hikari wo motometeru
moetsukite mo kamawanai sa
subete ha shinjitsu to tomo ni aru
'shounen ha hito no kage ni yuganda nikushimi wo mita'
sonna sekai ni nante mou nanimo mitakunai yo
nanimo! nanimo! nanimo!
kioku no tenbin ni kaketa
hitotsu no kizu ga tsuriau ni ha
hyaku no ai wo you suru...
keredo kokoro ha kaigan no ishi no you
nami ni nomare, takusan no kizu wo eru koto ni yori
ai ha keisei sareteyuku
sore demo omou anata no koto wo
kisetsu ga nagareteite mo...
me wo tojite itsumo miteta fuukei no you ni
nandome ka no ame mo agatta
setsunai hito yo kanawanu negai yo
naze kono mune kara ai ha umareteyuku?
sakimidareta hana ha yurete
shizunda daichi ni furisosogu
ai wo toki ha kanadete omoi ha afureru
togiresou na hodo toumei na koe ni
arukidashita sono hitomi he
owaranai mirai wo sasageyou
(chorus)
stairway to heaven
labyrinth to heart
Lyrics submitted by hidesmuseum
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