GASOLINE Lyrics
You're nothing but gasoline
Startin' fires since seventeen
Silver spoon in Daddy's jeans
You go, "Four, three, two, one," count it, count it down
Mister in a stolen dress
You're so dark, but you paint it red
Soakin' wet in your golden bed
You go, "Four, three, two, one," count it, count it down
[Pre-Chorus]
How are you sleepin' at night? How do you close both your eyes?
Living with all of those lives on your hands?
Standing alone on that hill, using your fuel to kill
We won't take it standing still, watch us dance
How are you sleepin' at night? How do you close both your eyes?
Living with all of those lives on your hands?
Standing alone on that hill, using your fuel to kill
We won't take it standing still, watch us dance
[Chorus]
We're gonna dancе on gasoline
We're gonna dancе on gasoline
We're gonna dance on gasoline
[Verse 2]
Your ego is dangerous
Your own blood is losing trust
With neighbors left in the dust
We go, "Four, three, two, one," count it, count it down
Sitting on a stolen throne
Playing God with a heart of stone
The whole world is waiting for you to go
Down, down, down, down, down
How are you sleepin' at night? How do you close both your eyes?
Living with all of those lives on your hands?
Standing alone on that hill, using your fuel to kill
We won't take it standin' still, watch us dance
How are you sleepin' at night? How do you close both your eyes?
Living with all of those lives on your hands?
Standing alone on that hill, using your fuel to kill
We won't take it standin' still, watch us dance
[Chorus]
We're gonna dance on gasoline
We're gonna dance on gasoline
We're gonna dance on gasoline
[Instrumental Outro]
About
Måneskin first published a snippet of this song on the 8th of April 2022: they shared it on the social media. “GASOLINE”, as well as the rest of RUSH!, was then released on December 15th and it is part of the “Stand Up for Ukraine” project.
This song refers to the Russian invasion of Ukraine: criticims to Putin’s arrogance and indifference, the key role of Russia as an energy supplier and the dance as a reaction to the war are the main topics of the song.
The song was performed for the first time at Coachella 2022 in April 2022: Damiano presented the song quoting Charlie Chaplin’s speech in The Great Dictator. Sometimes Damiano waves an Ukrainian flag while is singing this song.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
The song was first performed live at Måneskin’s first performance at Coachella on the 17th of April 2022.
We’ve been writing a lot of music these past few months, so of course this whole fucking insane situation with Ukraine really affected us. We just felt like we could do something to use our privilege and the people that look up to us to stand for what’s right, and make some people feel helped and understood. We want to raise our voice for something that’s meaningful. It just came pretty naturally because we felt the urge to do it while we were writing and this thing really affected us, as it has everyone. We just felt the need to talk about it.
– Victoria De Angelis, The Indipendent
- 1.OWN MY MIND
- 2.GOSSIP
- 3.TIMEZONE
- 4.BLA BLA BLA
- 5.BABY SAID
- 6.GASOLINE
- 7.FEEL
- 9.KOOL KIDS
- 10.IF NOT FOR YOU
- 11.READ YOUR DIARY
- 12.MARK CHAPMAN
- 13.LA FINE
- 15.MAMMAMIA
- 16.SUPERMODEL
- 17.THE LONELIEST
