[Intro] Midnight Empty lot breathing Engines growl Everybody watching Helmets off Eyes all trouble Keys in hand Heartbeat double (yeah) [Verse] White lines Blur into nothing One lane Dare you to run it Side-eye You in the window Gold ring Hands on the retro Tires spit rocks On the gravel You crave crowns You want battle You want god-speed You want thunder You want hunger [Chorus] If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder Every wish you’re chasing Tears this road asunder You think you’re outrunning the night But the night pulls you under If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder (thunder) [Verse] Red light Feels like a trigger Crowd hums Tension gets bigger Girl on the curb Filming your sins Blue jacket boy Licking his grin You smell fuel You taste fear You shout “go” But stay here One inch From the white stripe One thought Cutting through the hype— [Pre-Chorus] All these ghosts in the guardrails whisper (you know better, you know better) See the flowers on the exit sign Every brag turns to twisted metal When you trade one life for five seconds of shine [Chorus] If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder Every wish you’re chasing Tears this road asunder You think you’re outrunning the night But the night pulls you under If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder (oh, thunder) [Bridge] [Beat drops, synths thin out, vocal almost spoken] Hear that siren? That’s your future Hear that crying? That’s her brother Bent frame On a flatbed Bent names In the group thread They’ll say “Legend” at the funeral They’ll say “Didn’t see it coming” But I saw Every second of it On your dash cam Replay running [Verse] So when the light turns green And your pulse goes savage When the world says “prove it” And your pride says “have it” Look left See the kid in the booster Look right See the mom in the Uber This road Is a loaded gun Your hands Are the shaking ones [Pre-Chorus] All these ghosts in the guardrails whisper (you know better, you know better) Every dare hides a body count Every cheer turns to gravel and shivers When the spinout writes a name you can’t pronounce [Chorus] If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder Every wish you’re chasing Tears this road asunder You think you’re outrunning the night But the night pulls you under If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder [Final Chorus] If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder Hear the boom in your bones Feel your castles crumble You think you’re untouchable bright Just a streak of wonder If you ride like lightning You're going to crash like thunder (if you ride, if you ride) You're going to crash like thunder [Outro] Engines cool Steam on the pavement One car gone Whole crowd shaken Streetlights hum Over the silence Keys in my palm I choose quiet (yeah)
