[Verse 1]
Morning traffic
Backseat shoes and cereal stains
Little hands fighting over one screen
I’m half here
Lost in the deadlines
Then the call hits
Voice like ice in my ear
“Don’t you touch that door handle
Drive straight
Or you all disappear”
[Chorus]
There’s a bomb in the car and my heart’s on fire
Kids in the back
I’m a hostage driver
Can’t stop
Can’t breathe
Can’t break through
But I’ll burn this road just to save you
Every turn
Every threat on the wire
I’m a shaking wheel in a ring of fire
You’re my blood
I’ll crash straight through
I will not lose you
[Verse 2]
Fuel light blinking
City blurs into smeared lines
Sweat on my palms
They’re asking
“Dad
Why you talking in that voice?”
I lie badly
“Just a game
Just a prank
We’re fine”
While he counts down miles like a funeral bell
Each second carving my spine
[Chorus]
There’s a bomb in the car and my heart’s on fire
Kids in the back
I’m a hostage driver
Can’t stop
Can’t breathe
Can’t break through
But I’ll burn this road just to save you
Every turn
Every threat on the wire
I’m a shaking wheel in a ring of fire
You’re my blood
I’ll crash straight through
I will not lose you
[Bridge]
[Beat filters out
Distant siren ambience]
Pull off the main road
Gravel spitting under steel
Unbuckle their fear
“On three
You jump and you kneel”
Door slam
Cold air
Their screams ripping through the dust
I floor it
Drag the danger far away
Trading my life for their trust (oh)
[Chorus]
There’s a bomb in the car and my heart’s on fire
Kids on the ground
I’m a lone survivor
Can’t stop
Can’t breathe
Can’t break through
But I gave my world just to save you
Every turn
Every threat on the wire
Fades out slow in the smoke and fire
You’re my blood
I broke straight through
I did not lose you