Verse 1 Blacktop breathing like a live wire Neon dripping down my spine Every mile wants a pound of flesh But I’m ahead of the line Streetlight teeth in the rearview Night got blood in its grin You don’t step onto this highway If you ain’t ready to win Pre-Chorus Hear the engine start confessing Every sin I never said Road don’t care who you were Only cares how hard you’re fed Chorus Welcome to the open road Where the weak get left behind It’ll chew you up, spit chrome and smoke If you blink at the wrong damn time Got gasoline in my heartbeat Got thunder in my grip This ain’t running, this is hunger With my foot pressed through the myth Verse 2 Billboards lying like preachers Promising a softer way But the only truth I ever learned Is speed don’t hesitate Every town’s a shaking target Every stoplight’s just a dare You don’t pray for safe passage You just move like you don’t care Pre-Chorus I don’t bargain with tomorrow I don’t brake for second guesses I been baptized in momentum Learned my name from bad decisions Chorus Welcome to the open road Where the night don’t pull its punches Every dream’s a loaded weapon And the trigger’s always jumping Got gasoline in my heartbeat Got lightning in my fist If I burn out chasing motion At least I burned doing this Bridge Speed talks Fear listens Luck folds Steel grins Solo Breakdown You want freedom? You earn it. Final Chorus Welcome to the open road No maps, no mercy, no relief Just teeth, heat, and bad intentions Running neck-and-neck with belief If the road decides to take me It won’t find me on my knees I didn’t come this far for silence I came to make it bleed Outro Engines screaming Sky cracked wide No destination Just survive
