Pink Slip Fever

[Intro] [whispered Close] Count it down Under your breath Keys in my hand Heart in my chest Rubber on paint Engines that hum She lifts the cloth My body goes numb [Verse 1] Start line glare White stripe under my wheels You lock eyes Grin says “tell me what’s real” Crowd packed tight Phones up All on record I taste fuel Like a prayer Like a dare Like a sword She walks slow Red heels on cold concrete Thin silk flag Hangs loose from her fingertips Whole world leans On that moment in her wrist I hold still Every nerve on the edge of a cliff [Pre-Chorus] You tap the dash “Trust me Just breathe” I hear my name In the roar of the street My pulse syncs With the glow of the gauge That soft shake Starts sharpening into rage [Chorus] Hit the nitro now (go) Feel the tunnel bend Pink slip fever This is how it ends Static on the scanner Cops in my ear Drifting through the corners Like I’m not even here Hit the nitro now (yeah) Blue and red behind I’m three moves ahead You’re lost in my line Tires scream in circles Smoke in my lungs We cut through the finish And I taste that win on my tongue [Verse 2] Launch light’s green Tires bite World snaps wide Back snaps hard Night jumps into a line Billboards blur Like streaks on wet glass We leave them there In a storm of shattered past Speed climbs up Numbers climb Nerves fall down I stop thinking Just the stripe Just the sound Radio hisses Half-coded Half a threat Voices barking But they’re ghosts I forget [Pre-Chorus] Your hand on mine “Don’t flinch Just lean” We slide sideways Threading steel through the seams Street sings sharp Underneath every skid I’m in the zone Doing things I never did [Chorus] Hit the nitro now (go) Feel the tunnel bend Pink slip fever This is how it ends Static on the scanner Cops in my ear Drifting through the corners Like I’m not even here Hit the nitro now (yeah) Blue and red behind I’m three moves ahead You’re lost in my line Tires scream in circles Smoke in my lungs We cut through the finish And I taste that win on my tongue [Bridge] [beat strips back] Last hairpin White paint One last breath Rear end loose Flirting hard with the edge You shout loud “Trust it Let it slide” We swing wide Catch grip Then we fly [Drop Chorus] [full-energy] Hit the nitro now (now, now) Let the daylight crack Every fear I had Blows out in the back Police chatter fading Like a broken hymn Checkered blur ahead And I know I win Hit the nitro now (go) Hear the rubber sing Pink slip fever I own everything Hands up at the line Crowd jumps Hearts spin Cross over the stripe And I breathe in the win