[Verse 1]
Left town on a half-full tank
Didn’t fix a thing, didn’t say thanks
Some places teach you how to stay
Some just teach you how to walk away
Dust in my shoes, sun going down
Every mile feels less like home
I don’t hate the place I’m from
I just couldn’t breathe there long
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[Pre-Chorus]
I didn’t run
I just stopped standing still
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[Chorus]
I’m headed gravel south
Where the road don’t promise much
Just a line through open land
And a reason not to rush
Gravel south
No map, no sound
Just tires learning how to hum
Gravel south
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[Verse 2]
Radio fades between the towns
Static knows me better now
Every sign looks hand-me-down
Every dream costs less out here
I’ve slept in cars and borrowed beds
Learned how quiet clears the head
Some nights I miss what I lost
Most nights I don’t look back
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[Pre-Chorus]
I stopped waiting on a sign
Started trusting my feet
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[Chorus]
I’m headed gravel south
Past the lies I couldn’t fix
Where the truth don’t need a stage
And forgiveness comes in bits
Gravel south
Worn and slow
But it takes me where I’m going
Gravel south
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[Bridge – half-time / reflective]
Maybe I’ll settle
Maybe I won’t
Maybe the point
Is knowing I don’t have to know
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[Build – backing vocals low]
(Keep rolling…)
(Don’t look back…)
(Every mile…)
(Cuts the slack…)
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[Final Chorus – fuller, steady]
I’m headed gravel south
Where the sky don’t judge my name
Where the past rides quiet
In the backseat of the rain
Gravel south
Ain’t lost, just free
Some roads don’t lead you somewhere
They just let you be
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[Outro]
Sun drops low
Dust hangs around
If this is nowhere
I’ll take it now
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