What is “Burn Rubber” about?
"Burn Rubber" is an escape anthem about tearing out of a life that felt like a box, with the narrator driving "faster than the speed of sorry" and counting every mile as defiance against the people who said she could never leave. She admits the tank is full of bad decisions and accepts the wheels might come off, as long as she burns bright on the way out. Sitting second on Gasoline Hymn, it carries the opener's momentum straight onto the highway.
Burn Rubber lyrics
I didn't come here to play nice
I didn't come here to think twice
I got a gas tank full of bad decisions
And a heart that doesn't take advice
The dashboard's cracked, the engine screams
This ain't no place for pretty dreams
I'm going faster than the speed of sorry
And I'm tearing through the in-betweens
Light it up, let it go
Every single thing they said I couldn't do
Burn rubber on the highway out of here
Burn rubber till the rearview disappears
I'm not slowing down for anyone
I'm not looking back, I'm not undone
Burn rubber, baby, watch me go
Burn rubber, this is my show
They built a box and called it home
They built a cage and called it grown
But I was made of something restless
Something wild down to the bone
The speed limit's a suggestion
And the road is my confession
Every mile's a middle finger
To the life I left in question
Light it up, let it go
Every single cage they said I'd never outgrow
Burn rubber on the highway out of here
Burn rubber till the rearview disappears
I'm not slowing down for anyone
I'm not looking back, I'm not undone
Burn rubber, baby, watch me go
Burn rubber, this is my show
And if the wheels fall off tonight
At least I'll know I held on tight
At least I'll know I burned so bright
They saw me from the other side
Burn rubber on the highway out of here
Burn rubber till there's nothing left to fear
I'm not slowing down, I'm not slowing down
Burn rubber, baby, burn this town
Burn rubber
Burn rubber
Watch me go