///*****/// [Intro] (Amps snapping back on, feedback squeal, drum count, explosion) You've had your quiet time! Now GET UP! [Verse 1] Enough of the candles and enough of the tears Let's put the fear of God back in this hemisphere I want the roof to move, I want the floor to shake I want the neighbours calling in about an earthquake Roadie, hit the lights, and hit them all at once Drummer, count it in like you don't want to see the sun There's a hundred and eight minutes left before they throw us out And I intend to use up every single one [Pre-Chorus] Feel that engine turning over This whole night is starting over [Chorus] We're back on the gas! Pedal through the floor and never looking in the glass Back on the gas! Burning up the seconds 'cause you know they never last Hold on to somebody, this one's coming fast We're back on the gas! [Verse 2] There's a kid in row eleven who has not sat down all night There's a man of fifty-something who is crying with delight There's a couple by the soundboard who just met an hour ago And they'll marry in the springtime and they'll never let it go That's the thing about this business that they never understand It's not a show, it's not a product, it's the last free land So put your body in it, put your whole life in it now There's a resurrection happening and you're allowed [Pre-Chorus] Feel that engine turning over This whole night is starting over [Chorus] We're back on the gas! Pedal through the floor and never looking in the glass Back on the gas! Burning up the seconds 'cause you know they never last Hold on to somebody, this one's coming fast We're back on the gas! [Guitar Solo] (Explosive, whammy dives, rapid-fire sequences, twin harmony finish) [Crowd Chant] Go! Go! Go! Go! (Twenty thousand feet on the floor) Go! Go! Go! Go! Faster! [Breakdown] Half time, hammer down Let it build, let it build Everybody up, everybody up NOW! [Bridge] I have died on stages colder than a Baltic sea I have played to eleven people and a broken PA But right now in this building there is nothing wrong with life And I want you all to feel it just once before you leave [Final Chorus] We're back on the gas! Pedal through the floor and never looking in the glass Back on the gas! Burning up the seconds 'cause you know they never last Hold on to somebody, this one's coming fast We're back on the gas! Back on the gas tonight! [Verse 3] There's a man at the mixing desk who's been with us since the start He is grinning like a lunatic and pushing every fader There's a woman on the spotlight who has not sat down since eight And a rigger up above us hanging on and screaming down This is not just a band up here, this is forty-seven people Who have not slept properly in fourteen days for this So when you're shouting for the singer, shout a little for the crew Because none of this exists without every one of them [Outro] (Guitars screaming, cymbals crashing, no pause, straight into the next song) Don't you dare sit down!
