The Long Way Home

I've been driving without a map

Through the silence, through the cracks

Every light I passed was fading

Every road was rearranging

So I take the long way home

Past the towns where we had grown

Where your voice still haunts the night

Like a song I can't rewrite

I take the long way home

Rearview mirrors show the past

Ghosts that I can't seem to pass

I whisper prayers into the dark

And trace your name into the dash

So I take the long way home

Where the stars are overgrown

Every sign and every bend

Feels like starting once again

I take the long way home

I never said the words just right

Held too much, held on too tight

But if you're waiting at the end

I'll keep walking through this bend

So I take the long way home

Even lost, I'm not alone

Your memory lies the way

In every mile I choose to stay

I'll take the long way home