This song is Gretta Ray’s first big single, winning her both Triple J Unearthed High and the Vanda & Young songwriting competition in 2016.
The song follows Ray’s imagination as it wanders through her fantasies with her “latest muse”, a boy by whom she is deeply entranced.
[Verse 1]
I've been spaced out, in an absent dream
That branched out of the thought of you and me
It started out like a seed and then it grew like a tree
Never joined at the hip, no
I barely see you or know you but I feel like I do
Now I'm invested, I am captivated and consumed
Seems you're my latest muse
[Verse 2]
All of your love is way too much for me to ask of you
But these thoughts are inescapable when they're illustrating you
Falling through the floor when I walk in the room
Making your tired eyes widen and your cheeks turn rouge
And sure, your taste and touch are two things that I want
But, babe, neither are what I ponder on the most
I see me heading out on to the road as your temporary load
Such a vivid vision, it makes me what to know
[Chorus]
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna drive?
Say you want nobody's love and company but mine
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna drive?
Say you never met a woman that made you feel this alive
I will lose my mind, I've come to find
Whenever in your presence, I am present
Imagination has me seated at your side
It's nothing short of bliss
It's the best thing in the worst way loving you like this
Loving you like this
[Verse 3]
Blazing street lights, through the window glass
Your feet on the gas, mine up on the dash
I know you're driving too fast, all the world is still
Imagery such as this is symptomatic, you can call me a fanatic
I'm an addict to what I can't ever want
Some would say this fiction but it is not
I can get so high off a vivid picture that's occupying my mind
[Chorus]
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna drive?
Say you want nobody's love and company but mine
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna drive?
Say you never met a woman that made you feel this alive
I will lose my mind I've come to find
Whenever in your presence, I am present
Imagination has me seated at your side
It's nothing short of bliss
It's the best thing in the worst way loving you like this
Loving you like this
[Bridge]
Drive (drive), drive
Drive (drive), drive
Drive (drive), drive
Drive (drive), drive
Drive (drive), drive
Drive (drive), drive
Drive (drive), drive
All the world is still, hands on the wheel
[Chorus]
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna drive?
Say you want nobody's love and company but mine
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna drive?
Say you never met a woman that made you feel this alive
And I will lose my mind, I'm fortified
Whenever in your presence, I am present
It'd be a pleasure to be seated at your side
No, it's nothing short of bliss
It's the best thing in the worst way
[Outro]
It's the best thing, best thing
It's the best thing, best thing
It's the best thing, best thing
It's the best thing in the worst way loving you like this
Drive was written by Gretta Ray.
Drive was produced by Josh Barber & Jonathan Dreyfus.
Gretta Ray released Drive on Thu Jul 28 2016.