Last Fifty Feet — A Song Inspired by Felix Rosenqvist wins the closest Indianapolis 500 in history with a last-50-feet outside pass by 0.0233 seconds

[Verse 1]
Red smoke hanging where the sirens split
Rain on the visor like a nervous tic
Two hundred circles and the sky turns mean
I can taste the bricks through gasoline

[Pre-Chorus]
Every almost rides beside me
Every mirror has my name
If the door is only inches
I go through it just the same

[Chorus]
Last fifty feet, don't lift, don't breathe
History's teeth are closing on me
Last fifty feet, black line, white heat
I was a ghost till the ghost found speed

[Verse 2]
He had the lead like a prayer in his hands
I had a rocket and a strip of chance
Nobody owes you the open lane
You either take it or you wear the chain

[Pre-Chorus]
There is a room behind the thunder
There is a child I haven't held
There is a life after the almost
If I can crawl out of myself

[Chorus]
Last fifty feet, don't lift, don't breathe
History's teeth are closing on me
Last fifty feet, black line, white heat
I was a ghost till the ghost found speed

[Bridge]
Pour the milk on the fire suit
Let it run like borrowed rain
Somebody's father in the pit lane
Holding up a different pain
No villain in the photo
No mercy in the clock
Just two hearts at full throttle
And one door left unlocked

[Final Chorus]
Last fifty feet, don't lift, don't breathe
All my almosts underneath
Last fifty feet, black line, white heat
I was a ghost till the ghost found speed
Last fifty feet, no crown, just need
A life can turn where the eye can't see