[verse] engine screaming under me city lights melting into streaks every curve mastered every night outran myself but never outran you your shadow on my visor your goodbye burned in like a clutch slipping at full throttle [pre chorus] lean in harder chase the blur try to outride the ache try to forget your fading steps the moment you left the moment everything cracked [chorus] fading into the darkness throttle pinned because slowing down means feeling and feeling means remembering and remembering means breaking I want to hit the brakes but for what (for who) so I keep pushing (faster) (harder) until the wind feels like it’s tearing me apart [verse] conquered mountain curves switchbacks midnight runs carved my name into every road but couldn’t conquer love couldn’t hold you couldn’t keep my world from collapsing when you let go [pre chorus] drop my shoulder lean deeper pretend the road is enough pretend the rush can drown the hollow but every mile echoes your absence every turn reminds me I’m riding alone [chorus] fading into the darkness throttle pinned because slowing down means feeling and feeling means remembering and remembering means breaking I want to hit the brakes but for what (for who) so I keep pushing (faster) (harder) until the wind feels like it’s tearing me apart [verse] my heart a cracked fairing held with tape and denial your memory a downshift at redline snapping me back into pain I chase straightaways hoping they stretch long enough to forget but they never do they only drag me deeper into the dark [pre chorus] grip the bars tighter knuckles burning trying to hold something real but everything slips everything fades only the throttle stays only the ache pulls me forward [chorus] fading into the darkness throttle pinned because slowing down means feeling and feeling means remembering and remembering means breaking I want to hit the brakes but for what (for who) so I keep pushing (faster) (harder) until the wind feels like it’s tearing me apart [verse] city colder tonight alleys whisper your name ride faster to drown it out faster to forget your smile faster to erase what you took but emptiness keeps pace never falling behind never letting go [bridge] death wobble rising the warning the edge creeping closer but slowing down means truth and truth is a cliff so I keep going eyes wide heart cracked open my chest a blown head gasket leaking everything I tried to seal your absence rattling like loose bolts every vibration a reminder I’m coming apart running out of road running out of reasons to stay upright lean until the pegs scrape sparks trailing like lost hopes trying to carve a line sharp enough to cut you out but you stay you always stay in every echo every shadow every mile I try to outrun [verse] my pulse a misfiring cylinder stuttering at your name thoughts skidding like cold tires on wet paint no grip no traction just slide I chase redline like salvation like the last place you can’t follow but the road keeps narrowing the darkness keeps pulling I’m too tired to fight anymore [pre chorus] front end floats world tilts moment stretching thin could brake could stop but stopping means remembering and remembering means breaking again [final chorus] fading into the darkness throttle wide eyes stinging I want to hit the brakes but the emptiness keeps pulling so I keep going straight into the void straight into the place where nothing hurts [outro] a flash a scream of metal sirens rising somewhere behind me then nothing just silence
