[Verse 1]
Gas station coffee at 2 a.m
Maps on the dash
Stars on the ceiling
I left you sleeping in our half-packed home
Chasing a compass that kept on spinning
[Pre-Chorus]
Every mile mark
Another quiet prayer
If I turn this car around
Will you still be there?
[Chorus]
I build my cathedrals on the highway
Stained glass in the rearview blur
I only ever learned to love
By running from what I prefer
If I make it back to your doorway
Will you meet me on the curb?
I’m a pilgrim with your name
Burned into every word
[Verse 2]
Neon vacancy
Roadside cross
Your sweater folded on the passenger seat
I talk to the ghosts in the exit signs
They keep repeating what you said to me
[Pre-Chorus]
Every loud song
Can’t drown what I did
I keep seeing your face
In every passing kid
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] I’m not holy
I’m just haunted
By the vows I never kept
But I’d trade a thousand open roads
For one night where you just slept
Right here
Forehead to my chest
[whispered vocals] Say the word
I’ll turn
I’ll turn
[Chorus]