[Intro]
Rain beads silver on the visor
The pit wall counts the breath
One green light, one narrow promise
No room left for regret
[Verse 1]
Red-and-black through the first turn
Brake dust hanging low
A slower car blocks the apex
I wait, then let it go
The tires speak in shorter sentences
The rear steps out, then bites
Every curb has teeth tonight
Every mistake costs twice
[Pre-Chorus]
We trade a fraction in the braking zone
A blink beneath the grandstand signs
The clock keeps cutting pieces off
But this one still is mine
[Chorus]
Hunt the tenth, lap after lap
Hold the line when the rubber goes flat
Through the traffic, through the blue
Every light is pulling me through
No tomorrow, no safer road
Carry the weight, carry the load
If the flag falls before the dawn
I want to know I gave it all
[Verse 2]
Tired tires over the mountain
Fuel low, hands gone numb
A prototype tears past the fencing
Then disappears in the sun
The driver ahead leaves half a doorway
I put the nose inside
Metal sings beneath the wheel
And the whole track opens wide
[Pre-Chorus]
The stopwatch flickers on the dash
The crew chief cuts through the noise
One clean sector, one last chance
One choice among the boys
[Chorus]
Hunt the tenth, lap after lap
Hold the line when the rubber goes flat
Through the traffic, through the blue
Every light is pulling me through
No tomorrow, no safer road
Carry the weight, carry the load
If the flag falls before the dawn
I want to know I gave it all
[Bridge]
Suzuka bends like a loaded spring
The night presses against the glass
Degner, hairpin, Spoon, last chicane
No second chance to pass
My heartbeat follows the rev lights
The podium waits somewhere ahead
One more lap, one more clean attack
One more promise kept
[Breakdown]
Stay calm
Stay late
Turn in
Rotate
Stay calm
Stay late
One shot
One fate
[Final Chorus]
Hunt the tenth, lap after lap
Hold the line though the rubber goes flat
Through the traffic, through the blue
There is nothing left to lose
No tomorrow, no safer road
Carry the weight, carry the load
When the flag cuts through the dawn
I want to know I gave it all
[Outro]
The checkered cloth is waking
The tires are burning thin
One shot beneath the floodlights
And the night lets us in