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🎤 [Intro – 4 bars, soft vocal lead-in]
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Left the house with the porch light on
Didn’t know where I was headed, just gone
Dashboard cracked, my hands both shake
But the silence louder than the brakes
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🎤 [Verse 1 – 8 bars]
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I pulled off where the gravel bends
Used to be the place I swore would end
Thought I’d see her waitin’ like before
Now it’s just me, shadows, and a closed door
The rearview holds more than my past
I keep blinkin’ tryin’ not to crash
Wasn’t raised to cry or stall
But the wheel don't feel like mine at all
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🎤 [Chorus – 8 bars]
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So I sing to the dark with a broken voice
Ain’t sure if the sky ever gave me a choice
No preacher, no choir, just gears and grace
Asking questions I’m too scared to face
The road don’t answer, but it don’t judge
And I ain’t proud of who I was
If Heaven hears what's in this air…
It’s ridin' through my stick shift prayers
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🎤 [Verse 2 – 8 bars]
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Still wear the chain she gave last spring
Even though it burns like a guilty thing
Used to hold her like I’d never leave
Now I trace her goodbye in the worn-down seat
The miles I’ve run can’t outpace blame
Every song I hum still calls her name
Wish I had the words to bring her peace
But I drive through pain that don’t decrease
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🎤 [Bridge – 4 bars, lifted tone, airy delivery]
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Forgiveness ain't always in a church
Sometimes it's found in the way things hurt
So I let go with every mile I steer
Whisperin' faith through my own fear
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🎤 [Final Chorus – 8 bars]
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I’m not askin’ for gold or signs
Just a reason why I break at the lines
A little light where my shadows hide
Somewhere soft for my soul to ride
Tried to pray like my father taught
But my truth came out in a different thought
Whatever finds me, finds me bare…
I left it all in stick shift prayers
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