"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.
Nuh reul chuh eum bohn soon gahn waen ji ni gah joh ah ssuh Yae ppeun geu ae ppoom ae ahn gyuh nohl luh waht dduhn nuh Nah neun geu nahl ee hoo roh mae il nuh ae seng gahk ppoon Moo uht doh nahn jae mi up suh moo eui mi hae
Muhk kko ship jji ah nah nohl goh ship jji ah nah Nahn geu juh ee ruh kae hohn jah eet kko peun dae Uh jae neun byung won gah joo sah doh mah jaht jji Dah nae gah ah peun jool lo geu ruh kae ahl ji mahn
Geu rae nae gah yuh tae kkuht baht kki mahn hahn sarang eul Ee jaen nuh reul mahn nah nah doh sarang ee rahn guhl hae Ee ruhn seng gahk mahn euh roh nae noon ae neun noon mool ee Nah ae gae doh ee ruhn gahm jung eet neun guhl
* Bahng ahn ae ee ssuh doh guh shil ae nah gah doh Ohn jip ahn gah deuk hahn geu nahl ae ni hyang gi Ee ruh kae ni moh seup chah jah hae mae dohl myun Uh neu sae nae guh reum eun nuhl dahl mah gah neun dae
Sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~
Crazy glue stuck together soul ties rainy weather Never seperate love like a flu shot it only gets better Your perfection and your reflectio I'ma need again So I walk the streets again until we meet again
Pook shin hahn yang tahn jah gah kkahl lin jip ae suh Gaht chi chaek doh boh goh nuhn nae moo reup ae noo wuh Ah jik uh ryuh oo rin geu moh deun gae suh tool dah hae doh Nuh wah hahm kkae rah myun heng bok hahl kkuh yah
* repeat twice
Sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~
Muhk kko ship jji ah nah nohl goh ship jji ah nah Nahn geu juh ee ruh kae hohn jah eet kko peun dae Uh jae neun byung won gah joo sah doh mah jaht jji Dah nae gah ah peun jool lo geu ruh kae ahl ji mahn
Geu rae nae gah yuh tae kkuht baht kki mahn hahn sarang eul Ee jaen nuh reul mahn nah nah doh sarang ee rahn guhl hae Ee ruhn seng gahk mahn euh roh nae noon ae neun noon mool ee Nah ae gae doh ee ruhn gahm jung eet neun guhl
* Bahng ahn ae ee ssuh doh guh shil ae nah gah doh Ohn jip ahn gah deuk hahn geu nahl ae ni hyang gi Ee ruh kae ni moh seup chah jah hae mae dohl myun Uh neu sae nae guh reum eun nuhl dahl mah gah neun dae
Sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~
Crazy glue stuck together soul ties rainy weather Never seperate love like a flu shot it only gets better Your perfection and your reflectio I'ma need again So I walk the streets again until we meet again
Pook shin hahn yang tahn jah gah kkahl lin jip ae suh Gaht chi chaek doh boh goh nuhn nae moo reup ae noo wuh Ah jik uh ryuh oo rin geu moh deun gae suh tool dah hae doh Nuh wah hahm kkae rah myun heng bok hahl kkuh yah
* repeat twice
Sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~ sara~
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