"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.
Fate
まともじゃねえから今から弾け
Into the night
Honey, open up your mouth
Fate
まともじゃねえから今から飛べよ
Into the night
Honey, spread your wings
Into the night
価値も無い嘘と絶叫をきさまらに
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Mother
途切れ途切れの意思が今繋がって
敵意に満ちた声を響かせ今を刻め
I may be tainted but I can't forgive them ever
I'll rip away the wings of the blind, will no longer demand
Mother
ただ生きているだけの無能なその声
歩き出せない夢も愚かな泡となって 消えろ
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Fate, fate, fate, fate
I may be tainted but I can't forgive them ever
まともじゃねえから今から弾け
Into the night
Honey, open up your mouth
Fate
まともじゃねえから今から飛べよ
Into the night
Honey, spread your wings
Into the night
価値も無い嘘と絶叫をきさまらに
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Mother
途切れ途切れの意思が今繋がって
敵意に満ちた声を響かせ今を刻め
I may be tainted but I can't forgive them ever
I'll rip away the wings of the blind, will no longer demand
Mother
ただ生きているだけの無能なその声
歩き出せない夢も愚かな泡となって 消えろ
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men, fuckin' tricky men
Fate, fate, fate, fate
I may be tainted but I can't forgive them ever
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A few things come to mind here: Rotting Root--well, a 'root' of something can also be it's core, it's beginning, it's origins... the fact he throws in 'Mother' makes me lean towards this theory a little bit more, as well as the lines:
"I may be tainted But I can't forgive them Ever..."
So ... this is a song about a person "rotten to the core," or so damaged it's somehow messed up the cornerstone of what it means for them to be a person/human, but it doesn't appear to be his/her fault. Actually the fact Kyo mentions "I can never forgive them" and "FATE" kind of makes me wonder if he's deliberately contradicting himself with a sentence that supports 'Nurture' and one word that implies 'Nature.'
"I give you all a lie worth nothing and screams" and "Let my hostile voice be heard as I live this moment" make me think of when Kyo is on stage singing, perhaps written specifically so that WHEN he sings this song he can channel that thought.
As for "fuckin tricky men" I refuse to believe that's what it is cos it sounds no where NEAR that. O_o and normally his English, though accented, sounds close to the word. This honestly does sound like "Fuck it, somehow" or "Fuck it's an owl!" I'm gonna go with the latter--Kyo is not a fan of teh night birdz.