Horsepower Lyrics - Post Malone

Song Facts:

• Genre: Pop/Rock


• Lyricist: Post Malone


• Composers: Post Malone and Louis Bell


• Featured in the soundtrack of the movie "Road House". Plays twice, as the first song in movie and as the last song right before the ending credits

Artist Info:

In this movie Malone makes a special role as Carter Ford.
Post Malone is a popular American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He became famous with his blend of hip-hop, pop, and rock music. Post Malone came into the music scene with his hit single "White Iverson," and he would release other hit albums. He is known to have his face and body all tattooed, with a general attitude of being really laid back.

Annotations and Meaning:

The song "Horsepower" by Post Malone fronts on the theme of speed and freedom. The lyrics represent an exciting feeling in racing and the freedom that can be enjoyed. The use of repetition in linking words, such as "speed," "racing," and "horsepower," means that there is deep grounding towards the excitement when going fast.

Yeah cold wind blows

And I pick up speed

These lines breathe of acceleration, driven by the power of money, the dollar green, and actually reflect the idea that with financial freedom one could actually fuel one's journey and speed in life.

Hey gasoline burns

And keeps a motor clean

That's when one could metaphorically think of gasoline to be some kind of cleaning liquid —that ingredient, without which, the motor can still work well, but maybe, ambition and drive within oneself. Could also be taken to mean satisfying his deeper desires or instincts.

It is through the repeating chorus and lines such as "I'm not racing, Got no passion, Leave them wasted" that really inspires one with the idea of this defiant, purposeless wandering. This marks an oppositional feeling of purposelessness in relation to the earlier focus on speed and motion.

Overall Themes:

"Horsepower" emanates through themes of freedom, power, and chasing thrill by speed.