Chrome and Highway (S2E14 Bonus)

Here's the bonus for tomorrow's episode - Chrome and Highway

The episode is about cars. But...cars as instruments of platforms. Edison partnered with Ford to produce electric cars so he could sell more electricity. It failed and what we got (in the US at least) was a car culture. A century of cars representing freedom and self-expression. 

And now? Cars are becoming the mechanisms to sell recurring revenue. Heated seats, OnStar, performance upgrades, intelligent features...all come with a monthly price now. But after a century of "I bought it; it's mine" will people reject the new car business model? Only time will tell. 

So, this week's song is a manifestation of the open road, the muscle car adrenaline, the idea of owning the car and making it your own...but seeing the end of that road as the soft lights and touchscreens ask us to upgrade our transportation experience. 

[Verse 1]
Hand on the shifter
Leather still warm
Window cracked open
Smell of the storm
Eight cylinders turning
Slow as a pulse
Nothing behind me
Nothing I owe

[Verse 2]
Blacktop is humming
Under the wheels
Dashboard is empty
Nothing but dials
Needle is climbing
Past what it should
Foot on the floor now
God it feels good

[Chorus ]
Chrome and highway
Wind in my teeth
Nobody asking
Where I will be
Chrome and highway
Burn through the miles
Every mile is mine

[Verse 3 ]
Painted the hood
In flames and fire
Laid every stripe
Down the centre line
Rumble so loud
Every plug every wire
The road shakes with it

[Chorus]
Chrome and highway
Wind in my teeth
Nobody asking
Where I will be
Chrome and highway
Burn through the miles
Every mile is mine

[Bridge ]
A light on the dash
I don't recognise
Soft little chime
Asking me to subscribe
The road just stopped
Somewhere I can't see
And the key in my hand
Doesn't feel like it's mine

[Final Chorus ]
Chrome and highway
Wind in my teeth
Nobody asking
Where I will be
Chrome and highway
Somewhere behind
Every mile was mine

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:24

Window cracked open. A cylinder's turn. Slaughters. Nothing behind me. Nothing I owe. Black Top is humming under the wheels. Dashboard is empty. Nothing but dials. Needle is climbing. Foot on the floor now. God, it feels good. Crawling Highway. Wind in my teeth. Nobody asking where I will be. Crawling Highway. Bur through the mile. Every mile is mine. Paint in the hood in flames and fire. Rome was so loud. Every plug, every wire. The road shakes with it. Chrome and Highway. Wind and my teeth. Nobody asked. Where will we? Croman Highway. Light on the dash, I don't recognize. Soft little chime asking me to subscribe. The road just stops somewhere I can't see. And the key in my hand doesn't feel like it's mine. Crowman Highway. Wending my teeth.

SPEAKER_00 3:30

Nobody asking where I will be Crowman Highway.

SPEAKER_01 3:41

So while we high every miles mine.