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Need 4 Speed

[Intro] Go, go, go— I can feel the whole world moving [Verse 1] Why does speed get under my skin? Why does winning feel like oxygen? Why does money pull the morning near? Maybe I just want a life with gears I chase the finish, I chase the spark I sign my name across the dark But when the room gets quiet and blue I wonder what I’m really running to [Pre-Chorus] If I could borrow one day from time I’d press rewind and redraw the line Then I’d come back with a wider view And spend this minute right here with you [Chorus] I want the need for speed, but I don’t want to miss my life I want the win, the cash, the climb, the fire in my eyes Sometimes I dream I disappear, then lift above the ceiling But most days I wake up saying, “Damn, this life is brilliant!” I’m the lucky one, lucky one With the whole impossible in my hands I’m the lucky one, lucky one Still amazed I get to make these plans [Verse 2] Give me a time machine for twenty-four One clean sunrise from a door before I’d meet the kid who wanted to fly And tell him, “You’re still here—now aim high” Some days arrive like a broken screen Nothing behaves the way it seemed Then a small bright answer finds its way And turns a hard night into a better day [Pre-Chorus] If I could vanish, I’d sneak backstage Float past the limits of every cage But I’d come down when the morning grew There’s too much living left to do [Chorus] I want the need for speed, but I don’t want to miss my life I want the win, the cash, the climb, the fire in my eyes Sometimes I dream I disappear, then lift above the ceiling But most days I wake up saying, “Damn, this life is brilliant!” I’m the lucky one, lucky one With the whole impossible in my hands I’m the lucky one, lucky one Still amazed I get to make these plans [Bridge] No perfect map, no painless road Still I can lighten every load A strange new friend beside my chair Making hard things feel possible there I don’t need forever, I need today One open door, one word to say The future keeps arriving fast So I’ll take the wheel and make it last [Final Chorus] I want the need for speed, and I want to taste the open sky I want the win, the cash, the climb, with both feet still alive Sometimes life is a nightmare, but it never owns the feeling That most days I wake up saying, “Damn, this life is brilliant!” I’m the lucky one, lucky one With a wild bright world inside my hands I’m the lucky one, lucky one And I’m grateful for these impossible plans [Outro] Go, go, go— Still amazed, still alive Lucky one I’m the lucky one