[Intro]
[engine rev]
Click up, heart up
Full tank, night buzz
Visor down, no doubt
(ikō ze, ikō ze)
[Verse 1]
White lines blur, I’m threading the needle
Mind like a blade, steel on steel
Kaze wo kiru, boku wa teppen
Past fear, past then, past "never again"
Throttle twist, chest gets lighter
Each gear shift, fire climbs higher
Migi, hidari, neon in puddles
One wrong move? I cut through trouble
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t brake for a ghost in the mirror
Every scar on my hands makes it clearer
Mada ikeru, mada tooi
Burning up what used to rule me
[Chorus]
赤いライン, I’m riding the redline
Heartbeat racing you can’t deny
(hey!)
Floor it higher, higher, higher this time
Fear falls off in the slipstream behind
BPM rising, never coming down
Kimi no koe fades into the sound
Sakebe, "motto!": I answer in kind
赤いライン, I’m riding the redline
[Verse 2]
Fast-tongue flow, tachikoma brain
Words change lanes, dancing through rain
"Daijōbu?" they shout from the side
But safety’s a cage, I was built to outride
Kanji scars on the gloves I’m wearing
Each one cut from the days I was caring
Too much what they said, now I shed that skin
Only rule now: don’t dare not win
[Pre-Chorus]
Speed-talk prayers in a language of thunder
Every doubt that I had, torn asunder
Mō mayowanai, just choose
If I’m this close, how could I lose?
[Chorus]
赤いライン, I’m riding the redline
Heartbeat racing you can’t deny
(woah)
Floor it higher, higher, higher this time
Fear falls off in the slipstream behind
BPM rising, never coming down
Kimi no koe fades into the sound
Sakebe, "motto!": I answer in kind
赤いライン, I’m riding the redline
[Bridge]
[engine rev, tempo pushing faster]
Left hand tapping the tank like a friend
"Shinjite," whisper, this road has no end
Zero to zettai, I redraw the sky
Kono mama fly, or kono mama die?
Eyes up, all in, I choose the blaze
Kuroi yoru turns gold in my gaze
Every fear, every tear, out the back in a line
I trade them all for this one more climb
[Chorus]
赤いライン, I’m riding the redline
Heartbeat racing you can’t deny
(hey!)
Floor it higher, higher, higher this time
Fear falls off in the slipstream behind
BPM rising, never coming down
Kimi no koe fades into the sound
Sakebe, "motto!": I answer in kind
赤いライン, I’m riding the redline
[Outro]
[final engine scream, sudden stop-cut]
Last breath, last light
One word, one right
"Ikō"—and we go
Into pure white glow