Verse 1
Those long drives where the road won’t end
Just me, the wheel, and what’s been
Blue skies fading into fire
Pink and gold like a soul’s desire
Rolling hills to mountain tops
Different air at every stop
Windows down, I breathe it in
Trying to outrun the wind
Pre-Chorus
Radio’s humming, heart won’t slow
Every mile’s a place I know
Chorus [build up]
Music playing, thoughts are racing
Car keeps moving, time not waiting
Feels like I’m not even there
Just a ghost in this driver’s chair
Every song pulls back the past
Moments I thought I’d outlast
I hold on, though I don’t know why
I did my best… at least I tried
Verse 2 [gritty]
Funny how a melody can break
Every wall you tried to make
One line hits and there you are
Back inside that old scar
All the “what ifs” flood your mind
Different roads you left behind
If I turned left, if I stayed
Would it matter anyway?
Pre-Chorus
Questions echo, no replies
Just headlights cutting through the night sky
Chorus
Music playing, thoughts are racing
Car keeps moving, time not waiting
Feels like I’m not even there
Just a ghost in this driver’s chair
Every song pulls back the past
Moments I thought I’d outlast
I hold on, though I don’t know why
I did my best… at least I tried
Bridge
God only knows the reasons why
Some things live and some things die
We carry weight we can’t explain
Miles of love, miles of pain
Maybe peace is letting go
Trusting what we’ll never know
Breakdown (soft)
If I did this… if I did that…
Would it change where I’m at?
Or just lead me back again
To this road that never ends…
Final Chorus
Music fades but I keep driving
Somehow still out here surviving
Past in pieces in my mind
But I leave it mile by mile behind
Not every answer comes in time
Not every wrong can be mine
But I hold on to one truth inside—
I gave it all… I really tried
Outro
Those long drives… they never end
But maybe that’s where healing begins…
SaltyCountrySoul