The coffee’s a bitter cup of poison, and the headlights are bleeding white
I’m staring at the dashboard, like a pilot in a dying flight!
I turn to the passenger seat, but the words are choked by the dust
Between the love that we’re losing and the iron that’s turning to rust!
We’ve traded our souls for the miles, and our prayers for a tank full of debt
We’re screaming at shadows that haven’t even strangled us yet!
The radio’s screaming in static—the ghosts of the DJs are dead
We’re living a fever dream, baby, just like the prophets all said!
[Pre-Chorus: Massive build-up, heavy drums, backing choir joins]
But then you reach for my hand, and the earth begins to shake!
(Backing vocals: SHAKE!)
The silence is a canyon that only your heartbeat can break!
The needle is climbing, we’re shattering the limits of grace
I see the birth of a billion galaxies mirrored in your face!
AND WE’RE CHASING THE GHOST OF A SUN THAT’LL NEVER ARISE!
WITH THE FIRE OF THE CANYONS STILL BURNING DEEP IN OUR EYES!
WE’RE THE KINGS OF THE BREAKDOWN! THE QUEENS OF THE RUNAWAY TRAIN!
BAPTIZED IN THE THUNDER AND DANCING IN GASOLINE RAIN!
If the road has an ending, we’ll leap from the edge of the brink!
TWO BEAUTIFUL LOSERS WITH NOTHING TO LOSE—DON’T YOU THINK?
(Backing vocals: NOTHING TO LOSE! NOTHING TO LOSE!)
[Bridge]
“And they told us the night was for sleeping…
They told us the road was a line between point A and point B…
But they lied, baby.
The night is a battlefield.
And this car? This car is the only sanctuary we have left in a world that’s already on fire!”
AND WE’RE CHASING THE GHOST OF A SUN THAT’LL NEVER ARISE!WITH THE FIRE OF THE CANYONS STILL BURNING DEEP IN OUR EYES!
WE’RE THE KINGS OF THE BREAKDOWN! THE QUEENS OF THE RUNAWAY TRAIN!
BAPTIZED IN THE THUNDER AND DANCING IN GASOLINE RAIN!
[Outro]
A HIGHWAY FOR A HEART!
(Choir: A HIGHWAY FOR A HEART!)