[Intro]
[wind howling, distant dog barking]
Old barn breathing
Door hinge moans
Moon on cinderblocks
Dust in my bones (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Bootprints
Leading where the corn quits
Rust belt halo
Stained on my work mitts
Bottle in the glove box
Bible in the truck bed
Shotgun sermons
Every time the sky bled
Gravel in my grin
When I talk to the dead
They answer in the engine
Ticking in red
That little voice
Sounds kinda like mine
Says, “Turn off the lights
Cross that line” (hey)
[Chorus]
Gravel and ghosts
Ride in the back of my mind
Every fence post
Another old friend I can’t find
When the road hums low
And the dark starts eating the sign
I ain’t alone out here
These shadows sit on my spine (woah)
[Verse 2]
She hums
Low like a power line
Eyes like
Storms on a county sign
Lip split, nail chipped
Hands in her coat
Laughs when
I feel fingers on my throat
Radio flips
Into backwards prayer
Static spelling secrets
Right out the air
Says, “You prayed for a change
Well, here I am”
Her smile’s all teeth
And traffic jam
[Chorus]
Gravel and ghosts
Ride in the back of my mind
Every fence post
Another old friend I can’t find
When the road hums low
And the dark starts eating the sign
I ain’t alone out here
These shadows sit on my spine (on my spine)
[Bridge]
[muffled knocks on truck door, distant crow caw]
Keys in the dish
Then the lights blow out
Floorboards twitch
Like they’re trying to shout
Bootsteps, heartsteps
Can’t tell which
One’s me, one’s her
Both of us glitch (yeah)
[Chorus]
Gravel and ghosts
Ride in the back of my mind
Every fence post
Another old friend I can’t find
When the road hums low
And the dark starts eating the sign
I ain’t alone out here
These shadows sit on my spine (ooh)
These shadows sit on my spine