This song is about doing speed. A motorhead is someone who uses speed (or speedfreak).
Lemmy told Rolling Stone,
I wrote that when I was in Hawkwind. We were in the studio doing the last album that I was on, Warrior on the Edge of Time. We started playing and it caught on and we put it on the B si...
[Verse 1]
Sunrise, wrong side of another day
Sky high and six thousand miles away
Don't know how long I've been awake
Wound up in an amazing state
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't get enough
And you know it's the righteous stuff
Goes up like prices at Christmas
[Chorus]
Motörhead, remember me now
Motörhead, alright
[Verse 2]
Brain dead, total amnesia
Get some mental anesthesia
Don't move, I'll shut the door and kill the lights
I guess I'll see you all on the ice
[Pre-Chorus]
All good clean fun
Have another stick of gum
Man, you look better already
[Chorus]
Motörhead, remember me now
Motörhead, alright
[Interlude]
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam! Ow, ow!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Fourth day, five day marathon
We're moving like a parallelogram
Don't move, I'll shut the door and kill the lights
I guess I'll see you all on the ice
[Pre-Chorus]
I should be tired
And all I am is wired
Ain't felt this good for an hour
[Chorus]
Motörhead, remember me now
Motörhead, alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Motörhead, remember me now
Motörhead, it's only you now
Motörhead, only you, babe
Motörhead, yeah, yeah, yeah
Motorhead was written by Lemmy.
Motorhead was produced by Speedy Keen.