[Intro]
Dash lights glow
Her feet on the dash, seat low
Hair in the wind like a flag in a storm
Engine talk back, heart stay warm
[Verse 1]
Left hand wheel, right on her thigh
Speed climb up while the clouds slide by
White lines blur like a highlight reel
Whole life feel fake, but this here feel real
Foot press down, I’m past my past
RPM red like it match this rash
Of choices, voices, pressure, bills
Out here they fade with these upshift thrills
She laugh loud, say “boy, you wild”
I see the whole damn world in that smile
Mirror show blue and red in the dark
I change one lane, they lose my spark
Double-time thoughts, brain go zoom
From the backseat stress to the front row view
Of a nowhere road we can’t describe
Only proof that we alive
[Chorus]
She sings, “I feel alive when the road runs under”
Hands out the window, chasing the thunder
If this is wrong, keep the warning lights flashing
Full tank halo, hearts overlapping
I feel alive when the road runs under
Choir in the sky, brass like thunder
If this is wrong, let the warning lights flash then
Full tank halo, bodies relaxing
[Verse 2]
Half-time flow now, slow my speech
But the miles still stack like a sermon I preach
Her bare feet tap on the cracked glove box
We trade ghost stories and exit off-ramps, talk
About the jobs we hate, rent due dates
How we bend, don’t break, just change our shape
She say, “promise me more than this weekday grind”
I say “look at this dash, that’s the proof right now”
Then back to the blitz, I flip to the quick
Words hit sick like a kick drum trip
Lane change, veins flame, ain’t same kid
Who stayed in his lane like the law said sit
This that break free, break mold, break glass
Every tight breath from the past unlatch
If the clock gon’ kill, I’ll steal my time
In a sunrise race with her legs intertwined
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[choir swelling softly]
Ooh, we outrun
All the weight, all the doubt, all the dark we come from
[low brass swell]
If the world burn out, if the lights go black
We got one lit road and the nerve not to turn back
[whispered vocals] Don’t turn back
She hums my name like a pact
[Chorus]