One Step Further Away

[Verse 1]
Sunrise on the dashboard
Coffee stain on my sleeve
Your name on a highway sign
Fading behind me
Playlist on replay
Skipping all the songs you loved
Talking to the windshield
Like that could be us
[Chorus]
Another day gone
And one step further away from you
Every mile I run
Feels like I’m losing what I couldn’t hold on to
I keep counting the exits, the chances I blew
Another day gone
And one step further away from you (yeah)
[Verse 2 - Rap]
Yeah
I left town chasing some half-wrote dream
Thought big lights might fix my seams
Now it’s late-night takeout, same old screens
Your text thread frozen at “what do you mean?”
You said “call me back,” I said “give me time”
You gave me your heart, I gave you a line
Now every clock hand cuts like truth
Every tick’s a step from you
Took that picture off my phone
But I still know your number cold
I’m grown enough to feel this ache
But not enough to call and say
[Chorus]
Another day gone
And one step further away from you
Every mile I run
Feels like I’m losing what I couldn’t hold on to
I keep counting the exits, the chances I blew
Another day gone
And one step further away from you
[Bridge]
If I turn this car around
Would you slam the door or let me in? (let me in)
If I showed up on your porch
Could we ever get back to then?
Or am I just a story
You’re learning to live through
While I’m stuck at the ending
That still leads back to you
[Chorus]
Another day gone
And one step further away from you
Every mile I run
Feels like I’m losing what I couldn’t hold on to
I keep counting the exits, the chances I blew
Another day gone
And one step further away from you
Another day gone
And I’m still reaching back for you (oh)

rap, Hybrid pop-country-rap ballad; fingerpicked acoustic guitar and soft pads under intimate male vocals. Verses start sparse with subtle 808-style low end and light trap hats, then choruses bloom with warm harmonies and a steady kick. Rap verse stays conversational and close-mic'd, final chorus lifts with stacked ad-libs and a bright, emotional topline., pop, country