[Verse 1 – raw, tense, dissonant] Woke up… blinds cut like knives Packed the lies… hit the gas She said no cage… I said I’m gone Road just screams… I’m already done [Pre-Chorus – building tension] Fire in my veins… thought it was destiny Turns out it’s only… burning me [Chorus – huge melodic lift, soaring anthemic hook] Whoa-oh-oh, chasin’ the flame Whoa-oh-oh, forgetting her name Whoa-oh-oh, I burned it away Chasin’ the flame – I’m lost in the blaze Whoa-oh-oh, chasin’ the flame Whoa-oh-oh, nothing feels the same Whoa-oh-oh, smoke in my lungs I’m coming undone… but I can’t stop running [Verse 2 – same dissonant raw energy] Strangers roar… from a dying stage None of them know… the war I wage 3 a.m. call… hear her breathe slow Hang up fast… guilt won’t let go [Pre-Chorus] Climbed so high… sky never cracked Higher I got… more I knew I lost the track [Chorus – even bigger, full harmonies] Whoa-oh-oh, chasin’ the flame Whoa-oh-oh, forgetting [Chorus – even bigger, full harmonies] Whoa-oh-oh, chasin’ the flame Whoa-oh-oh, forgetting
