Let's Take a Drive

emotional angst of your memory drives my insanity
the stone cold landscape of my brain is scenic and serene
seldom is the dirt disturbed, because 99% of it isn't used
but tonight i yearn to see the back roads of home
to cruise under the stars and to see your smile

let's take a drive down memory lane
i see you now but i didn't see you then
you saw me then but you don't see me now
i'd call us meant to be,but that would just be me
pretending my life could have a happy ending

i took so many detours away from home
i ended up in a cozy circle
where i'm suffocating from my own emissions
i'd love to go backwards back to that
one moment i'd love to lean in and kiss you
but if i did that then maybe i'd lose her
and that would be worse then losing you
since i never had you to lose

i turned right toward the horizon
my foot all the way down on the gas pedal
you stayed parked near home
never driving too far from where you belonged
i hydroplaned through life looking for love
when i could have made a u-turn back to you all along
it's been too many left turns to make this right
but when i close my eyes tonight
i'll drive as fast as i can back to you so you can hold me tight