"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.
I'm afraid of nothing
It's the only way to be
Welcome to the rubber room
It was made for you and me, uh huh
Want to see how a snake can fly
I believe that you can't say no
Just get ready for the world outside
It's insane
It's insane
Hey!
Keep your head looking up to the sky
See the blood pooling down below
You believe that a snake can fly
I believe that you can't say no
[Chorus]
I can shake now and I can show
I can go where no-one else goes
Check your head now and hold on tight
It's surfing time with the master of light
Life's a big explosion
With its candy and its pills
And I can see why some of you
Love your demons when you're ill
Let me smooth along your heart now
Let me reach inside your head
Life's a big explosion
Ain't it cool
[Chorus]
With the master, with the master of light
With the master, with the master of light
I'm Jesus, I'm Satan
I'm anyone you want me to be
You're broken, you're frozen
You're better off of coming with me
I'm afraid of nothing
It's the only way to be
I'm afraid of nothing, not today
[Chorus: x2]
With the master, with the master of light
With the master, with the master of light
It's the only way to be
Welcome to the rubber room
It was made for you and me, uh huh
Want to see how a snake can fly
I believe that you can't say no
Just get ready for the world outside
It's insane
It's insane
Hey!
Keep your head looking up to the sky
See the blood pooling down below
You believe that a snake can fly
I believe that you can't say no
[Chorus]
I can shake now and I can show
I can go where no-one else goes
Check your head now and hold on tight
It's surfing time with the master of light
Life's a big explosion
With its candy and its pills
And I can see why some of you
Love your demons when you're ill
Let me smooth along your heart now
Let me reach inside your head
Life's a big explosion
Ain't it cool
[Chorus]
With the master, with the master of light
With the master, with the master of light
I'm Jesus, I'm Satan
I'm anyone you want me to be
You're broken, you're frozen
You're better off of coming with me
I'm afraid of nothing
It's the only way to be
I'm afraid of nothing, not today
[Chorus: x2]
With the master, with the master of light
With the master, with the master of light
Lyrics submitted by shadowwiththeeyes
Master of Light Lyrics as written by David Wyndorf
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