the downfall

[Verse 1]

Tires screaming on the blacktop heat

I’m chasing shadows down a one-way street

You left the engine running, walked away

Now I’m burning fuel just to find the day

The ghost of your touch is a cold white light

Cutting through the middle of a dead-end night

[Pre-Chorus]

My pulse is a hammer, my head is a drum

Counting down the seconds 'til I’m finally numb

Higher, faster, reaching for the edge

Leaning all my weight against the razor’s ledge

[Chorus]

It’s the velocity of a goodbye

A hard-hitting crash in a velvet sky

My heart’s at the redline, ready to blow

Nowhere to run and nowhere to go

You hit me fast, you hit me hard

Left me bleeding out in my own backyard

One hundred miles of misery

In the velocity of a goodbye

[Verse 2]

The speedometer’s lying, I’m standing still

While the world keeps spinning against my will

Every streetlamp is a blur of your face

I’m losing the lead in a hollow race

You were the fuel and you were the spark

Now I’m just a wreck drifting in the dark

[Bridge]

Break the glass, cut the wire

Throw my memories in the fire

I don’t want to feel the impact move

I just want to find a rhythm I can’t lose

[Chorus]

It’s the velocity of a goodbye

A hard-hitting crash in a velvet sky

My heart’s at the redline, ready to blow

Nowhere to run and nowhere to go

You hit me fast, you hit me hard

Left me bleeding out in my own backyard

One hundred miles of misery

In the velocity of a goodbye

[Outro]

Fast and hard, the way we fell

Riding this heartbreak straight to hell

Keep the pedal down...

Don't let the silence catch me now...