(Verse 1)
I took the exit where we used to stop
Before the world turned cold and the curtain dropped.
The radio is static, just a white noise hum
To drown out the person I’ve slowly become.
The GPS is silent, she’s got nothing to say
Since I deleted the house where we used to stay.
(Pre-Chorus)
The stars look like pinpricks in a velvet shroud
And I’m screaming your name, but never out loud.
Every mile is a memory I’m trying to burn
But I’m stuck in a loop at every turn.
(Chorus)
It’s a long way home when home isn’t there
Just a ghost in the seat and a chill in the air.
I’m driving in circles till the gas light glows
Where the asphalt ends and the heartbreak grows.
Yeah, the road is a ribbon of everything wrong
And the long way home... is just a little too long.
(Verse 2)
I passed the diner with the flickering sign
Where you promised your future was tangled with mine.
Now the neon is bleeding a sickly shade of red
And I’m replaying every cruel word that we said.
The dashboard is dusty, the clock’s running fast
How do I move forward when I’m built out of past?
(Chorus)
It’s a long way home when home isn’t there
Just a ghost in the seat and a chill in the air.
I’m driving in circles till the gas light glows
Where the asphalt ends and the heartbreak grows.
Yeah, the road is a ribbon of everything wrong
And the long way home... is just a little too long.
(Bridge)
I could pull over, I could just stop
Let the rain hit the roof until the last drop.
But the silence is louder than the engine’s roar
And I don’t recognize my own front door.
(Outro)
Half a tank left.
A thousand miles to go.
Tracing the lines
Of the life that I know.
It’s a long way back.
It’s a long way down.
I’m just a stranger
In my own hometown.
