"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.
A-yo soko no boku chan , zenzen kodoku nante hedemo ne- mite- na tsura shite
Tsuyo gatte mitari but... I know the feein' buddy
Hontou wa dare ka ni dakishimete hoshii right? U know you're all right.
Uwabe bakka de fxxk up na ningen kankei no naka de tori tsukurotte toriaezu OK
Todoke, kono SOS Dareka gimme ur hand Dokka munashiin daro, mono ganashiin daro?
Itsu mo machinami hito no nami ma ni usumuki aruki minna ni awaseru ashinami
Tashika ni yatte kuru ashita ni kibou morezu ni sakebu yo nani ka ni
Baby, don't worry cry mou ii yo
You're not alone ever, I'm here forever.
Kimi ni todoke, mune ni hibike
Kono sekai jyuu daremo hitori jyanai kara
I believe Tatoe even if kami sama ni
Sore ga kirei goto dato iwareta toshitemo boku wa kamawanai
Tatoe soba ni irenakute temo, hanare banaredemo ii
Boku ga kokoni ite kimiga soko ni iru Sore dake de ii
Hitori koko ni tachi tsuyogattari ikigattemo shosen uso bakkari
Soyatte jibun koroshi ikitekita hibi kodoku kara nukedasu no wa jibunn jishin
Baby don't worry you're not alone ever.
Kimi ni todoke, mune ni hibike
Tatoe nodo ga tsuburetemo kamaiya shinai
Soba ni irenakutemo koko ni zutto irukara
Kono utagoe ga kimi ni todoku to iina
Towa ni, nante muimi - no meanin'- Wakatte rusa
Tatoe kono sekai ga subete uso dato shitemo Boku wa kamawanai
Moshi subete ga Asu owattemo, zenbu nakunattemo
Kimi ga soko ni ite Boku ga ima koko ni iru Tada soredake Soredake de ii
Tsuyo gatte mitari but... I know the feein' buddy
Hontou wa dare ka ni dakishimete hoshii right? U know you're all right.
Uwabe bakka de fxxk up na ningen kankei no naka de tori tsukurotte toriaezu OK
Todoke, kono SOS Dareka gimme ur hand Dokka munashiin daro, mono ganashiin daro?
Itsu mo machinami hito no nami ma ni usumuki aruki minna ni awaseru ashinami
Tashika ni yatte kuru ashita ni kibou morezu ni sakebu yo nani ka ni
Baby, don't worry cry mou ii yo
You're not alone ever, I'm here forever.
Kimi ni todoke, mune ni hibike
Kono sekai jyuu daremo hitori jyanai kara
I believe Tatoe even if kami sama ni
Sore ga kirei goto dato iwareta toshitemo boku wa kamawanai
Tatoe soba ni irenakute temo, hanare banaredemo ii
Boku ga kokoni ite kimiga soko ni iru Sore dake de ii
Hitori koko ni tachi tsuyogattari ikigattemo shosen uso bakkari
Soyatte jibun koroshi ikitekita hibi kodoku kara nukedasu no wa jibunn jishin
Baby don't worry you're not alone ever.
Kimi ni todoke, mune ni hibike
Tatoe nodo ga tsuburetemo kamaiya shinai
Soba ni irenakutemo koko ni zutto irukara
Kono utagoe ga kimi ni todoku to iina
Towa ni, nante muimi - no meanin'- Wakatte rusa
Tatoe kono sekai ga subete uso dato shitemo Boku wa kamawanai
Moshi subete ga Asu owattemo, zenbu nakunattemo
Kimi ga soko ni ite Boku ga ima koko ni iru Tada soredake Soredake de ii
Lyrics submitted by sleeplessbeauty9
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I'm not positive on what it means but there's something about this song thats so beautiful, I just can't put my finger on it.
Either way, it's awesome. ^-^