"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.
kanjin na toki ni wa itsumo soba ni nai
nani ga taisetsuna mono na no ka wakaru tomo shinai
daremo ga kimi ni akiakishiteru
meatarashii mono bakari oikaketeite
'furuki yuki jidai wa doko ni itta no!'
sonna kuchiguse wa kimi ni na geku shikaku wa nai
kimi no me ni utsutteru boku no egao wa subete ga mukuwarenai
saisho kara wakatteta hazu na noni
kono o ozora no shita e tobikonde
hitori kiri de
boku no kawareta karada wa kimi no ude de uketomerareru kana
'shinjiru mono wa sukuwareru' nante
iiwake jouzu na tenshi no tawagoto de
kami sama mo uso ga jouzu
boku no mo ni utsutteru kimi no namida wa
subete ga mayakashi de
saigo ni wa waratteta hazu na no ni
kono o ozora no shita e dakiatte
futari kiri de
boku no karada kokoro ni kimi no koe ga tadokimasu you ni sakenda
soshite
motto kyuuto dakishimete
nanika o eru tame ni nanika o ushinatte daremo da kizutsuiteru
kono o ozora no shita e kowasarete
hitori kiri de
boku no yowaki na taido ni kimi no koe ga
honoo o tsuketekureta kara
kono ooki na omoi ga todokanai kara
hito omoi ni
boku no konagona no kokoro ni kimi no yuki de
saigo no todome wa sashite
nani ga taisetsuna mono na no ka wakaru tomo shinai
daremo ga kimi ni akiakishiteru
meatarashii mono bakari oikaketeite
'furuki yuki jidai wa doko ni itta no!'
sonna kuchiguse wa kimi ni na geku shikaku wa nai
kimi no me ni utsutteru boku no egao wa subete ga mukuwarenai
saisho kara wakatteta hazu na noni
kono o ozora no shita e tobikonde
hitori kiri de
boku no kawareta karada wa kimi no ude de uketomerareru kana
'shinjiru mono wa sukuwareru' nante
iiwake jouzu na tenshi no tawagoto de
kami sama mo uso ga jouzu
boku no mo ni utsutteru kimi no namida wa
subete ga mayakashi de
saigo ni wa waratteta hazu na no ni
kono o ozora no shita e dakiatte
futari kiri de
boku no karada kokoro ni kimi no koe ga tadokimasu you ni sakenda
soshite
motto kyuuto dakishimete
nanika o eru tame ni nanika o ushinatte daremo da kizutsuiteru
kono o ozora no shita e kowasarete
hitori kiri de
boku no yowaki na taido ni kimi no koe ga
honoo o tsuketekureta kara
kono ooki na omoi ga todokanai kara
hito omoi ni
boku no konagona no kokoro ni kimi no yuki de
saigo no todome wa sashite
Lyrics submitted by chikachika
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