Wrong Way Home

* [Ambient synth pads]

* [Delayed electric guitar textures]

* [Deep bass pulse]

* [Punchy but restrained drums]

* [Rain/car ambience throughout]

(turn signal clicking… windshield wipers… distant thunder)

I don’t even recognize these roads anymore…

Windows fogged up, city lights blur

Mind moving fast but my body’s slower

Driving around with nowhere to go

Just trying not to feel alone

Been a long year, maybe longer

Trying to convince myself I’m stronger

But every time I think I’m alright

I end up here again tonight

Listening to old songs in the dark

Trying to find where I fell apart

Back when writing came naturally

Before pressure became part of me

And maybe I’ve been lost for a while…

Just too distracted to realize

I took the wrong way home… (homeeee)

Now I don’t know where I’m going

Every turn feels unfamiliar

But I just keep rolling

Headlights cutting through the night… (the niiiight)

While my thoughts keep drifting

Trying to find my way back to myself…

But I don’t know what’s missing

Fear still talks from the passenger side

Telling me I’m running out of time

Saying I should quit before I crash

Like every good thing fades too fast

And honestly maybe I’m exhausted

Trying to carry things I never processed

Everybody sees the songs I make

But not the weight behind my face

I keep saying I’m okay lately

But that word don’t sound the same to me

Feels rehearsed every time I speak

Like I forgot what honesty means

And maybe I’ve been trying so hard to heal…

That I forgot how healing’s supposed to feel

I took the wrong way home… (homeeee)

Now I don’t know where I’m going

Every turn feels unfamiliar

But I just keep rolling

Headlights cutting through the night… (the niiiight)

While my thoughts keep drifting

Trying to find my way back to myself…

But I don’t know what’s missing

Maybe home was never a place…

Maybe it was who I used to be

And maybe I’m still somewhere underneath…

I took the wrong way homeeeeeeeee

But maybe I needed this road

Maybe getting lost was the only way

I’d finally learn to grow

Headlights fading into dawn… (the daaawn)

And the sky starts shifting

Maybe I’m not as far gone…

As I’ve been thinking

(rain slows… engine idle]

Maybe I’ll find my way back eventually…