Intro
Two in the morning on the overpass wall
Waiting for the feeling to return to it all
(cold)
Verse 1
Rust on the fender, frost on the glass (glass)
Counting out the seconds till the numbness will pass (pass)
Months in the basement, blood running slow
Heavy in the chest like an unmelted snow
Now the clutch catches grip, rubber biting the seam
Yellow fog lamps cutting straight through the steam
Hear the header pipe rattle with a cylinder knock
Spitting raw fuel out across the whole block (block)
I was walking like a ghost in an oversized coat
Swallowing the silence till it choked in my throat
Now the tachometer jumps when the amber turns green
Heat through the floorboards, ignition unseen
Vibration climbing up the bone in my calves
Never lived a second that I took back by halves
Felt the shock wave bounce off the overpass wall
When you run on the sparks you forget how to fall (fall)
Chorus
Foguetes no asfalto, sparks against the lane (lane)
Tear the numbness open till I feel the pain (pain)
Ninety down the gutter where the blacktop gleams
Waking up my body from a dead man’s dreams (dreams)
Foguetes no asfalto, burning through the cold (cold)
Trading all my silence for a story told
Verse 2
Needle climbs past eighty, wind hits the teeth (teeth)
Smell of raw ozone and oil underneath
Jaw unclenches after ninety-odd days
Head finally clearing out the chemical haze
Underbelly scrapes where the surface drops down
Showering the ditch in an amber-red crown
Fingertips buzzing on the leather-wrapped ring
Found the hard border where a body can sting
Puddle water hisses on the manifold pipe
Waiting for a minute that was suddenly ripe (ripe)
Every seam in the concrete registers clean
Shocking up the spine like a wire between
No more sleeping walking through an ordinary day
Rather snap the frame than just rust away
Sulfur in the throat, exhaust running lean
Most awake soul that the highway has seen (seen)
Chorus
Foguetes no asfalto, sparks against the lane (lane)
Tear the numbness open till I feel the pain (pain)
Ninety down the gutter where the blacktop gleams
Waking up my body from a dead man’s dreams (dreams)
Foguetes no asfalto, burning through the cold (cold)
Trading all my silence for a story told
Bridge
Foot off the gas just to hear the tires roll (roll)
Took four miles of fire just to locate a soul (soul)
Not running from the dark, just arriving at touch
Anything to prove I can still feel this much
Steam off the radiator rising in the air
Looking in the mirror and somebody is there
Outro
Foguetes no asfalto (asfalto)
Red lights fading round the interstate bend
Cold wind through the ribs
Starting again
(again)