[Verse 1]
Dust on my boots, ghost on the breeze,
Midnight highway, thoughts don’t freeze.
A bottle’s half-empty, or maybe it’s me—
Cursing the stars where the lost don’t meet.
Tires hum low like a hymn for the damned,
Memories buried in this trembling hand.
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep driving, yeah, I keep chasing,
But the road’s a shadow I’m always erasing.
[Chorus]
I’m the only one staying gone,
Where the echoes live and the love moves on.
Every mile’s a wound, every song’s a scar,
Every night I’m howling at a dying star.
The only one staying gone, staying gone.
[Verse 2]
Smoke curls slow from a Marlboro red,
Whispered her name, now it’s stuck in my head.
The rearview’s a movie I can’t rewind,
Scenes of a man who left too much behind.
The guitar strings snap, sharp as her tone,
Every chord I strum leaves me more alone.
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep singing, yeah, I keep falling,
But the notes keep breaking, the silence is calling.
[Chorus]
I’m the only one staying gone,
Where the echoes live and the love moves on.
Every mile’s a wound, every song’s a scar,
Every night I’m howling at a dying star.
The only one staying gone, staying gone.