Where the Sidewalk Ends (For Me) - ArlenaZara
I remember the concrete
Cracks where we first carved our names
A simple little promise
Just playing silly games
We thought the path was endless
Stretching past the town
Through green and gold forever where we never slowed down
But the world is paved with detours
And roads that twist and turn
And lessons about loving that we're forced to sadly learn
You found a smoother highway
Heading for the coast
While I got stuck right here
At the place that hurts the most
Cause the sidewalk ends right where you said goodbye
Beneath that lonely gray indifference
Sky for you the journey carries on
A brand new life begins
For me it's just the raw dirt
Where the pavement thins
I'm standing at the drop off
Watching your taillights fade away
Where the sidewalk ends for me
In the mess that we have made
In the mess that we have made
The asphalt turns to gravel
The lights all disappear
Just weeds and broken promises are all that's left right here
I trace the final line of
Painted white and blue
The boundary of the future
I thought I'd share with you
They say to keep on walking
Find another street to tread
But every path I look at just leads back to what we had
I'm anchored to this corner
Where the structure fell apart
The junction of the town map and the map of my own heart
Cause the sidewalk ends right where you said goodbye
Beneath that lonely gray indifference
Sky for you the journey carries on
A brand new life begins
For me it's just the raw dirt
Where the pavement thins
I'm standing at the drop off
Watching your taillights fade away
Where the sidewalk ends for me
In the mess that we have made
Maybe one day I'll build a road of my own design
Leave this dead end sorrow
Cross the county line
But right now the vision's blurry
Through the tears I cry
Right now this is my stopping place under the open sky
Just the edge of everything we knew
A sudden lonely drop
Where the plans we made together
Finally came to stop
Cause the sidewalk ends right where you said goodbye
Beneath that lonely gray indifference
Sky for you the journey carries on
A brand new life begins
For me it's just the raw dirt
Where the pavement thins
I'm standing at the drop off
Watching your taillights fade away
Where the sidewalk ends for me
In the mess that we have made
Where the sidewalk ends
No direction signs to match
Just the dust and the silence
Where the sidewalk ends
For me
