Cherry Gasoline (Runway Master)

[LYRICS] [Intro] [ticking fuel can, faint rain on windshield] Yeah… Cherry on the dash, leather in my lungs Engine knocks like my heart when the night was young [Verse 1] I licked the summer off your teeth, you spit the moon into my cup We traded futures for a 40, said “forever” never stuck Your lipstick wrote a suicide note on the neck of my guitar I played it backwards—heard you laughing, heard the tires spark [Pre-Chorus] Every kiss was kerosene, every promise plasticine We bent it ‘til it broke clean—now the smoke tastes evergreen [Chorus] You’re cherry gasoline, burning real pretty then gone I breathe you in too deep, now the sky’s coughing dawn We flared at 92, redline on the seam Love roared, then it tore—just cherry gasoline [Ad-lib:] “Fumes in my chest—can’t reset!” [Verse 2] [first line dry, no rasp] I still find glitter in the tread of my Converse [vocal doubles back in rasp] ghost tread of our escape You left your tights hanging off the interstate We baptized the backseat in sweat and Springsteen tapes But the tape flipped, side B was just the sound of brakes [Pre-Chorus 2] Your maybe was a matchhead, my definitely the tank We danced on the hot hood, laughing while it sank [Chorus 2] [HAAS-widened jag counter-hook octave shimmer L/R] You’re cherry gasoline, high octave in a minor key I sang along, got the words all wrong, choked on harmony We flared at 92, polaroid to flame Love snapped, then it cracked—left the frame in my brain [Ad-lib:] “Can still taste the octane—stains on my tongue!” [Bridge] [guitar split: one dark @3 kHz, one bright panned wide] [shortened solo—4 bars only, vacates 2–4 kHz lane] I siphon every memory through a paper straw But the liquid’s mostly water now, the sugar turned to rust I rev the idle in the parking lot of us But the red light never flips to green—just buzz [Final Chorus] [+7 kHz shelf up, wide jag counter-hook] You’re cherry gasoline, last drag of a nicotine dream I flicked you to the curb, you still lit up the scene We flared at 92, supernova on the screen Love burned, then it turned—into nothing but machine [Outro] [fade starts 3 s earlier] [Engine coughs, stereo tape ejects, slow reel-out] Cherry… gasoline… Fade to black, smell of rubber in the rain Tail-light red dissolves—just wet asphalt remains [KEY/TEMPO] [D minor • 92 BPM]