One Way Trip To Nowhere

Verse 1

Gonna sing this song and smoke another cigarette,

Living, loving, nothing’s left,

Filled with sorrow and regret…

So here I go, walking slow,

A one-way trip to nowhere,

Streetlights flicker overhead,

Cold night tangled in my hair.

And every bar is closing down,

Every friend already gone,

I hear your voice in passing cars

Like a faded-out singalong.

Got your picture in my wallet

But the edges all wore thin,

Guess forever only lasts

‘Til the loneliness kicks in.

Pre-Chorus

And I’m still yelling at the dashboard lights,

Still trying to outrun Friday nights,

Still pretending I’m okay

When everybody knows I’m not.

Chorus

So turn it up loud

‘Til the speakers blow out,

We were kids with broken hearts

In the backseat screaming out.

And I don’t know why

I still wait by the phone,

When you made your getaway

And left me here alone.

Now every highway feels the same,

Every city’s just a ghost,

I’m burning through these memories

Like matches and old notes.

Verse 2

Another cheap motel and another restless night,

Writing your name in condensation

On the bathroom mirror light.

I keep chasing after closure

Like it’s somewhere down the road,

But the farther that I drive,

The heavier the load.

And all the songs we used to scream

Feel different now somehow,

Like they’re echoes of the people

That we swore we’d never be now.

You said we’d make it out alive,

You swore we’d never change,

But time’s a thief with gasoline

And a match beside the flame.

Pre-Chorus

And I’m still yelling at the dashboard lights,

Still trying to outrun Friday nights,

Still pretending I moved on

When your shadow follows me.

Chorus

So turn it up loud

‘Til the speakers blow out,

We were kids with broken hearts

In the backseat screaming out.

And I don’t know why

I still wait by the phone,

When you made your getaway

And left me here alone.

Now every highway feels the same,

Every city’s just a ghost,

I’m burning through these memories

Like matches and old notes.

Bridge

Maybe I’m addicted to the way it hurt,

Maybe all this pain’s all I deserve,

Maybe every sleepless night

Was leading me to this.

A burned-out town, a half-full tank,

A voice that cracks when I still sing your name,

And every cigarette tastes like goodbye.

Final Chorus

So turn it up loud

One last time before it all burns down,

We were sparks against the dark

Trying not to drown.

And if you hear this song

Somewhere late at night,

Just know I still remember

Every wrong and every right.

Now I’m walking slow beneath

These dead and fading stars,

A one-way trip to nowhere

With your ghost riding in my car.