Riding the Turnaround (version 2)

Verse

Last week you were headed southbound

Gas in the tank but your heart was down

Told me leave it all behind us

Left a map on my kitchen table, said come find us

Radio's still tuned to that song

The one we used to sing along

Same chorus line but different beat now

You're riding west with a lighter load

Pre-Chorus

So where you headed if I don't see you

Is it gold or just the promise of it

Tell me what you want this road to mean

Is it running from something that won't let go yet

Chorus

You said ride it like you're riding home

Even when there's no road in sight

Turnaround at every low point

Sky opens up before midnight

I'm still a little scared of endings

But I'm braver when the silence hums

So here's my map back to you

Every mile just a story we'll become

Verse

This time it's me who's carrying fireflies in a jar

Dancing on the hood, watching every star we've been

You left but you left your heart running southbound

Said there's more life waiting for us when we learn how to land

Now I'm the one with my hand out the window

Radio's still got that same old song

Every bend in the road feels like a turning point

Chasing sunset on a borrowed song

Pre-Chorus

So where you headed if I don't see you

Is it gold or just the promise of it

Tell me what you want this road to mean

Is it running from something that won't let go yet

Chorus

You said ride it like you're riding home

Even when there's no road in sight

Turnaround at every low point

Sky opens up before midnight

I'm still a little scared of endings

But I'm braver when the silence hums

So here's my map back to you

Every mile just a story we'll become

Bridge

Maybe leaving was just learning how to fly

Learning that some things only make sense on the way down

I don't need to know what's waiting at every turn

Just trust that something better's riding with us now

Chorus

You said ride it like you're riding home

Even when there's no road in sight

Turnaround at every low point

Sky opens up before midnight

I'm still a little scared of endings

But I'm braver when the silence hums

So here's my map back to you

Every mile just a story we'll become