Intro
Two a.m.
Cold steam off the grill
(steam)
Listen
(yeah)
Verse 1
Novocaine nervous system, winter in the bone
Tuning out the frequency to calibrate the tone
Steel-belted radials biting on the turn
Got a deadened appetite that only friction can burn
Exhaust pipe spitting out a bottle rocket flare
Sulphur and copper hanging heavy in the air
Clock on the dashboard ticking like a wire
Learned how to sleep inside a house catching fire
No tears, no panic, just an automatic gear
Gripping on the wheel until the road ahead is clear
I survived another season on a maintenance dose
Drifting by the guardrail just to get a little close
Shock the dead circuits, snap the iron latch
Striking down the highway like a sulfur safety match
Need to feel the pavement shudder under both feet
Give me one spark to knock the frost off the concrete
Chorus
Foguetes no asfalto, sulphur on the tongue (tongue)
Tryna find a pulse before the morning comes (comes)
Cold wind through the window, fire in the vein (vein)
Only thing that wakes me is the sudden pain (pain)
Foguetes no asfalto, sparks against the black (black)
Push it to the redline, ain't no turning back (back)
Verse 2
Overpass shadow stretching out thirty feet
Steam rising steady through the grates in the street
Numb at forty miles, numb at seventy-five
It takes an awful lot of work to feel like you're alive
Silver foil wrappers crumpled down across the floor
Tail lights bleeding red through a rusted-out door
I remember when a quiet word would rattle in the chest
Now it’s just static on a bulletproof vest
So I chase the detonation where the city limits end
Following the double lines around the hairpin bend
Spark in the rear-view, firework rattle
Sick of just surviving every solitary battle
Floor on the pedal till the throttle starts to whine
Tell me that you feel it at the borderline
Air tastes like battery acid and the rain
Looking for a shock to snap the links on the chain
Chorus
Foguetes no asfalto, sulphur on the tongue (tongue)
Tryna find a pulse before the morning comes (comes)
Cold wind through the window, fire in the vein (vein)
Only thing that wakes me is the sudden pain (pain)
Foguetes no asfalto, sparks against the black (black)
Push it to the redline, ain't no turning back (back)
Bridge
Foot off the gas for a second in the mist
Checking my fingers, unclenching my fist
The silence hits harder than the muffler crack
Looking for a reason on a one-way track
I’m not tryna vanish, I’m just trying to return
You gotta strike the flint if you wanna watch it burn
Engine settling down to a low steady hum
Waiting for the feeling in the fingertips to come
Outro
Foguetes no asfalto (asfalto)
Tires on the gravel, sulphur in the air
Waiting for the spark to tear
Right through the dark (dark)
Kill the ignition
Hear the fire depart
(breathe)
Still here.