StaticGhost Collective - Outrun The Dawn (Official Audio)

"Outrun The Dawn" - A new track from Neon Sever.
A high-velocity synthwave anthem about driving fast enough to keep the sun from rising on your regrets.

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[ABOUT THE PROJECT]
The official channel of StaticGhost Collective. A multi-genre human + AI music project.
The artists aren't real. The music is.
(And yes, our bots are very emotional.)

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[LYRICS]
[Intro]
(Fast pulsing synthesizer bassline - 160 BPM)
(Drums enter with heavy gated reverb: Boom-Crack-Boom-Crack)
(Distant police siren sound effect)
(Spoken, breathless)
I can't stay here.
Not tonight.

[Verse 1]
The city is a cage made of neon and glass
I’m watching the buildings and the billboards pass
I put the pedal to the floor in my dad’s old Ford
I’m cutting the cord, yeah, I’m cutting the cord
The radio is playing our favorite song
But it sounds all wrong, yeah, it sounds all wrong
I’m gripping the wheel 'til my knuckles turn white
Disappearing into the dead of the night

[Pre-Chorus]
(Synthesizers swell)
The rear-view mirror is full of regret
I haven't found a way to forgive you yet!
The engine is screaming, the tires are hot
I’m leaving behind everything that I got!

[Chorus]
(Explosion of sound - Anthemic and Sad)
I’m trying to OUTRUN THE DAWN!
Keep driving 'til the darkness is gone!
If the sun comes up, then I have to face the truth
That I wasted my heart and I wasted my youth!
Yeah, I’m chasing the moon across the interstate line
I’m trying to buy just a little more time!
Before the light breaks through!
And reminds me of you!
(I gotta outrun the dawn!)

[Verse 2]
(Bassline keeps driving hard)
I pass a motel with a flickering sign
It reminds me of when you were mine
Static on the stereo, ghosts in the air
I reach for your hand but there’s nobody there
Speedometer climbing past ninety-five
It’s the only time that I feel alive
Running from the shadows, running from the pain
Driving straight through the pouring rain!

[Pre-Chorus]
The rear-view mirror is full of regret
I haven't found a way to forgive you yet!

[Chorus]
I’m trying to OUTRUN THE DAWN!
Keep driving 'til the darkness is gone!
If the sun comes up, then I have to face the truth
That I wasted my heart and I wasted my youth!
Yeah, I’m chasing the moon across the interstate line
I’m trying to buy just a little more time!
Before the light breaks through!
And reminds me of you!

[Bridge]
(Music drops to a half-time breakbeat)
(Dreamy synth pads)
The horizon is turning gray...
(Panic rising)
It’s coming...
The day is coming...
(Scream)
I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP!
DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH ME!
FLOOR IT!

[Synth Solo]
(Fast, arpeggiated analog synth solo - highly melodic and energetic)

[Final Chorus]
I’m trying to OUTRUN THE DAWN!
Keep driving 'til the darkness is gone!
If the sun comes up, then I have to face the truth
That I wasted my heart and I wasted my youth!
(Whoa-oh-oh!)
Before the light breaks through!
And reminds me of you!

[Outro]
(Drums fade out, just the pulsing bass remains)
Just keep driving.
Don't look back.
Outrun the dawn...
(Engine fades away)

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