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The Headless Bikerman
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The Headless Bikerman was released on October 13, 2026 by DBRecords as a part of the album The Headless Bikerman - Single
ReleasedOctober 13, 2026
LabelDBRecords
LanguageEnglish
BPM143
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

There's a road past the old petrol station
No lights for six miles
Trees either side
Nothing much out there
My old man always said
Don't use that road Halloween night
Never told me why
Thought it was one of his stories
Till I used it
Must've been quarter past twelve
Rain on my visor, road shining black
Hands tucked in, trying to keep some heat
Cats-eyes flicking underneath my feet
Then one light appeared
Way back in the glass
Didn't think much of it
Bike coming up fast
Moved left, gave him room
Couple bends went by
That light never moved
Same distance
Same place
So I sped up
So did he
Dropped one
Twisted
Let it pull
Forty became sixty
Sixty became
Fuck knows
Eyes front
Wet road
White lines
Hedges either side
Checked left mirror
Nothing
Checked right
There he was
Right on my tire
No headlight
No sound from the bike
Just a bloke in old leathers
Riding behind
Something weren't right
From the shoulders up
Wiped my visor
Looked again
Nothing
Not nobody there
Nothing above his neck
They call him
The headless biker man
Don't know his name
Don't know what he wants
But when that one light
Shows up behind
You ride
Don't wave
Don't stop
Don't look twice
Don't let him by your side
Plenty have seen him
Few understand
Some never came home
After meeting
The headless biker man
Now I'm moving
Proper moving
Back wheel skips
On a painted line
Ease it
Straighten
Throttle
Fine
Next bend
Junction ahead
Take the left
Fuck this road
I'm going home instead
Brake
Clutch
Second
Lean
He's already there
How?
Standing by the sign
Bike beside him
No engine
No lights
No fucking head
Punch past
Mirror
Gone
Look ahead
He's there again
That's when I remembered
Something my old man said
Some lad years ago
Before I was born
Halloween night
Bike went down
Near the bottom of the hill
Found his boots
Found his jacket
Found his helmet strap
Never found
You know
Now I'm doing ninety
On a road built for fifty
Rain coming sideways
Gloves getting slippery
Visor steamed up
Can't see shit
Front starts shaking
Don't fight it
Grip light
Stay straight
Don't brake
Bridge coming up
Carrying too much speed
Whatever's behind me
I don't want it catching me
Rain on the visor
Water in my eyes
Engine near the red
Can't see what's behind
Road drops
Bars shake
Front goes light
Hold it
Hold it
Hold it
Bang
Something hits my tank
Old black glove
Between my arms
One finger
Pointing at the mirror
I shouldn't have looked
He was next to me
Close enough to touch
Old leather jacket
Water off his shoulders
Both hands on the bars
Where his helmet should've been
I could see the road behind him
Then he lifted one hand
Pointed ahead
Look front
Bike
Middle of the lane
No time
Grab brake
Back end sideways
Let go
Grab again
Too late
Bars turn
Tire folds
Road
Sky
Road
Sparks
Nothing
Next thing I remember
Birds
Cold ground
Blood in my mouth
Couldn't feel my left hand
Bike twenty feet away
Headlight still shining
Police found me after six
Asked what happened
I told 'em
The light
The rider
The glove
How he pointed
They didn't believe me
Course they fucking didn't
Until one came back
From checking the road
Asked if someone
Had been riding with me
No
He showed me a picture
Two sets of tire marks
Mine
And another
Old tread
Real old
They followed his
Back up the road
Stopped at the bend
Where a biker died
Forty-something years ago
Halloween night
That's when my old man
Finally told me the rest
Same road
Same light
Same rider
I'd spent my whole life
Thinking he'd warned me
About that road
Maybe he was warning me
About him
But that thing
Didn't run me off
Didn't touch me
Didn't try to kill me
He pointed
He
He fucking warned me
So if you're riding this October
And one light appears in your mirror
Don't race him
Don't try losing him
If the Headless Biker Man
Pulls alongside
Look where he's pointing
He might just save your life
Written by: Duane Brindley

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