Where the Pavement Ends

《Where the Pavement Ends》

The pavement ends at a gravel lot

A sign that says “Road ends here”

But I’ve been driving for so long

That stopping is the only fear

I turn off the engine, step outside

The world is open, wild, and wide

No more lines to tell me where to go

Just the earth, the sky, the slow

Where the pavement ends, I begin

No more rules to box me in

Where the pavement ends, I breathe

The kind of air that lets me leave

Myself behind, myself to find

Where the pavement ends, I’m mine

I walk until the grass is tall

Until I can’t see the car at all

The silence is a different sound

The most beautiful I’ve found

I lay down in the open field

And let the earth become my shield

The clouds are drifting, slow and low

This is how I let things go

Where the pavement ends, I begin

No more rules to box me in

Where the pavement ends, I breathe

The kind of air that lets me leave

Myself behind, myself to find

Where the pavement ends, I’m mine

I used to think I needed roads

To tell me where to place my loads

But the wild has its own way

And I am learning every day

To trust the grass, to trust the sky

To trust the part of me that doesn’t ask why

Where the pavement ends…

I begin…

Where the pavement ends…

I am kin…

To the wind, to the ground

To the silence, to the sound

Where the pavement ends…

I’m found.

Where the pavement ends…

Where the pavement ends…