"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.
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low
SAY hareruya
kimi no itami ureshisou ni hane wo hirogete maioritekuru
hiru no hikari kimi no kizu wo daite yasashiku hirogeteyuku
hareruya mizeraburu hoshi no nageki kikeba
hareruya mizeraburu hon no chiisa na koto darou
SAY hareruya
yoru no yami ni ochite yukeba wasureteshimau koto na no kamo
yureru omoi tsuka no ma no yume chiisa na higeki
furu hoshi no kazu kazoetara naku no ni aki darou
warau tsuki no aosa kizu wo nadete tojiteyuku
Stay free your misery furisosogu kanashimi wo sono mune no naka ni dakishimete
Kiss your misery kareru made odoru darou subete uketomeru yo kono mama
Stay free my misery Stay free my misery Stay free my misery
Stay free my misery sakuretsu suru itami ga kakenukeru dake no kaze naraba
Stay free my misery ame nochi hare wo matou hora kimi no namida wo tabechaou
kanashii to iu naraba sora no aosa sae mo
todokanai modokashisa ni kimi ha nakun darou
kimi no chiisa na karada tsutsun deru yume ha itami wo nomikomi azayaka ni naru
Stay free my misery te wo nobaseba kanjiru sono itami ryoute de uketomete
Stay free your misery itoshisa mo kanashimi mo subete uketomete sono mama
Stay free your misery
Stay free my misery furisosogu kanashimi wo sono mune no naka ni dakishimete
Stay free your misery kareru made odoru darou
subete uketomete kono sora no shita de kimi ga warau
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low?
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low?
SAY hareruya
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low
SAY hareruya
kimi no itami ureshisou ni hane wo hirogete maioritekuru
hiru no hikari kimi no kizu wo daite yasashiku hirogeteyuku
hareruya mizeraburu hoshi no nageki kikeba
hareruya mizeraburu hon no chiisa na koto darou
SAY hareruya
yoru no yami ni ochite yukeba wasureteshimau koto na no kamo
yureru omoi tsuka no ma no yume chiisa na higeki
furu hoshi no kazu kazoetara naku no ni aki darou
warau tsuki no aosa kizu wo nadete tojiteyuku
Stay free your misery furisosogu kanashimi wo sono mune no naka ni dakishimete
Kiss your misery kareru made odoru darou subete uketomeru yo kono mama
Stay free my misery Stay free my misery Stay free my misery
Stay free my misery sakuretsu suru itami ga kakenukeru dake no kaze naraba
Stay free my misery ame nochi hare wo matou hora kimi no namida wo tabechaou
kanashii to iu naraba sora no aosa sae mo
todokanai modokashisa ni kimi ha nakun darou
kimi no chiisa na karada tsutsun deru yume ha itami wo nomikomi azayaka ni naru
Stay free my misery te wo nobaseba kanjiru sono itami ryoute de uketomete
Stay free your misery itoshisa mo kanashimi mo subete uketomete sono mama
Stay free your misery
Stay free my misery furisosogu kanashimi wo sono mune no naka ni dakishimete
Stay free your misery kareru made odoru darou
subete uketomete kono sora no shita de kimi ga warau
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low?
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low
hareruya mizeraburu Do you wanna show me how low & low?
SAY hareruya
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Why hasn't anyone posted his comments on this one? O_o Misery is sooo sweet! I LOVE the part on the pv when he walks down the street with his "stay free my misery" thingie...