Smoke in the throat, blood running hot hot (Version 2)

Intro

Sub in the sternum (sternum)

Spark in the dark (dark)

Drop the heat, drop the heat (heat)

Catch that wildfire (wildfire)

Verse 1

Black steel corridor, two hundred proof (proof)

Kick drum hammer vibrating through the roof (roof)

Strobe flash, shutter snap, retinas bleed (bleed)

Sweat on the collar, electric is the speed (speed)

Shadows stretch out like an oil slick spread (spread)

Sub-low frequency rattling my head (head)

No clocks ticking in an underground vault (vault)

Tongue tastes copper and a heavy dose of salt (salt)

Heat waves ripple off a cold brick wall (wall)

Feet track static down a concrete hall (hall)

Red lens flicker, peripheral blur (blur)

Pulse rate jumping when the twin subs purr (purr)

Iron in the marrow, sulfur in the breath (breath)

Spin through the vapor till the mind goes deaf (deaf)

Friction on the sneaker, rubber on the track (track)

Sparks jump backward, no turning back (back)

Chorus

Wildfire, wildfire, burning through the floor (floor)

Ribs take the rattle and the beat want more (more)

Smoke in the throat, blood running hot (hot)

Wildfire, wildfire, lock on the spot (spot)

Wildfire, wildfire, burning through the floor (floor)

Ribs take the rattle and the beat want more (more)

Smoke in the throat, blood running hot (hot)

Wildfire, wildfire, lock on the spot (spot)

Verse 2

Midnight alleyway, wet gravel crunch (crunch)

Bass drum hitting like a sudden body punch (punch)

Fog on the glass, neon humming low (low)

Current in the spine, let the river flow (flow)

Dark asphalt drinking down the spill (spill)

Zero on the gauge, zero on the pill (pill)

Pupils go wide in an amber streak (streak)

Speaker cone tearing every time they speak (speak)

Pressure on the chest, air getting thin (thin)

Blister on the knuckles, fire in the skin (skin)

Cold mist drifting off an engine block (block)

Shaking off the rust, shaking off the clock (clock)

Shadows lock step with the eighty-eight kick (kick)

Match head striking on an eight-gauge brick (brick)

Tunnel mouth swallowing the headlight beam (beam)

Burning through the center of a wake-up dream (dream)

Chorus

Wildfire, wildfire, burning through the floor (floor)

Ribs take the rattle and the beat want more (more)

Smoke in the throat, blood running hot (hot)

Wildfire, wildfire, lock on the spot (spot)

Wildfire, wildfire, burning through the floor (floor)

Ribs take the rattle and the beat want more (more)

Smoke in the throat, blood running hot (hot)

Wildfire, wildfire, lock on the spot (spot)

Bridge

Yellow line vanish, yellow line split (split)

Body drop heavy when the low end hit (hit)

Friction make an ember, ember make a flash (flash)

Seconds turn to smoke, hours turn to ash (ash)

Strobe light stutter, thirty frames locked (locked)

Heartbeat hammer on an ironclad clock (clock)

Knees stay spring, elbows stay tight (tight)

Pushing out poison in the belly of the night (night)

Ten-ton pressure on a six-inch wire (wire)

Diesel on the gravel, feed it to the fire (fire)