Highway Sanity

Miles blur

Lines smear into one long snake

Dirty cup

Same shirt

Different state

Clock’s wrong

Phone’s dead

I’m wide awake

Talking to the windshield

Just to hear something break

Out on the road

And it’s eating my brain

Every white line spelling out my name

Can’t tell the days apart

They all sound the same

I’m holding the wheel just to stay

Just to stay

Just to stay fucking sane

Cheap gas

Fast food

Cold in the bag

Cracked glass

My face in the rearview sags

Voice mail

Mom says

“Call me back”

I swear I’m coming home

Then I drown in the map

Who am I

In this motel mirror?

Eyes like static

Buzzing nearer

Out on the road

And it’s eating my brain

Every white line spelling out my name

Can’t tell the days apart

They all sound the same

I’m holding the wheel just to stay

Just to stay

Just to stay fucking sane

[Jarring halftime drop

Guitars chugging

Vocals unhinged]

No sleep

No stop (no stop!)

Tongue tastes like rust and rot

My thoughts

Crack like bugs on the glass (ugh!)

If I don’t get off this ride

I’ll leave what’s left of me

On the center line

Out on the road

And it’s eating my brain

Every white line spelling out my name

Can’t tell the days apart

They all sound the same

I’m holding the wheel just to stay

Just to stay

Just to stay fucking sane (hey!)

[Band hits on the title line

Final scream]

Just to stay

Fucking sane