Forty something Miles

(Slowed, reverb-drenched intro with lofi beat)

(Verse 1)

Rain on the windshield, city lights blur low

Radio's playing something I don't know

Another late night drive, just circling the town

Trying to shake this feeling that I'm wearing a frown.

Forty-something miles behind me, forty-something more to go

Just another Tuesday night, the same old status quo.

(Verse 2)

See the young couples laughing, walking hand in hand

Hear the echoes of their joy across this lonely land.

Used to be like that, remember holding tight

Now the only hand I'm holding is the steering wheel tonight.

The world keeps spinning onward, a relentless, steady pace

And I'm just watching from the sidelines, lost without a trace.

(Verse 3)

Office building windows, glowing in the dark

Someone's working late, leaving their own mark.

Used to chase that feeling, the drive to climb the hill

Now I just watch them from a distance, feeling strangely still.

Like a movie I'm observing, but I'm not playing in the scene

Just a silent observer, of a life that might have been.

(Bridge)

Streetlights paint the pavement in long, yellow streaks

Reflecting back the questions that my weary spirit speaks.

Is this all there is? Is this the final act?

Or is there something more waiting, just beyond the abstract?

(Verse 4)

Pull into the driveway, garage door slowly creaks

Another night is over, another morning slowly leaks

Into the quiet darkness, where the shadows like to play

And I'll face another day, in the same familiar way.

Maybe tomorrow's different, maybe tomorrow's bright

But tonight, it's just the rain, and the lonely city light.

(Outro)

(Beat slows further, reverb intensifies)

Lonely city light…

(Fade to silence)