Verse 1]
Clock strikes four, engine hums, tires crack,
I watch the skyline fade to black.
Streetlights blur like distant stars,
Rearview mirror full of scars.
One last note tucked in my sleeve,
Words she wrote I can’t believe:
"If you stay, you’ll disappear—
Run, my love, but know I’m here."
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh darlin’, darlin’, don’t look back,
This town’s a ghost on a dead-end track.
But home’s a shadow I can’t outrun,
Still, I hear the highway hum—
"Go, go, before the dawn,
Leave me here but carry on."
[Chorus]
Now I’m standing at the last exit sign,
Where you swore you’d meet me one more time.
Sky’s on fire but the rain won’t stop,
Just the whisper of a cop’s radio pop.
On the edge of night,
Wheels spinning but the road ain’t right.
I call your name to the hollow sound,
But you’re just echoes on the edge of town.
[Verse 2]
Footsteps echo, shadows grow,
Blue lights dance on the underpass glow.
Bus door hisses, "Last chance, kid,"
But I’m still waiting like you said I did.
Then a voice cuts through the static,
"I couldn’t let you go, it’s automatic."
Hands pull me from the ledge,
But the sirens scream, "No exit left."
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Oh darlin’, darlin’, now we’re pinned,
This love’s a crime we can’t pretend.
So steal the keys, grip the wheel,
Ain’t no mercy in the way they feel—
"Go, go, while the night’s alive,
We’ll burn this map and take the dive."
[Chorus 2]
Now we’re running from the last exit sign,
Where the world said we’d cross the line.
Storm’s breaking but the silence screams,
Just the thunder of a dying dream.
On the edge of flight,
Headlights screaming through the night.
They’ll hunt us down but they’ll never know,
We vanished where the blacktop goes.
[Bridge]
Then—glass shatters, the world tilts sideways,
Bullets kiss the air where our bodies just laid.
Maybe heaven’s just a motel sign,
Flickering "Vacancy" one last time.
But if this is how the story ends,
I’d choose your hand over heaven’s bend.
[Final Chorus]
Now we’re ghosts at the last exit sign,
Where the asphalt meets the county line.
No more running, no more sound,
Just two shadows on the edge of town.
