Concrete Heartbeat 5

Verse

Concrete parking lot under my boots tonight

Neon bleeding into the morning light

Six years gone but I still hear your voice

Echoes stuck inside this old guitar's choice

Your old truck idles soft in the corner of my mind

Radio crackling static, nothing left behind

Pre-Chorus

So tell me why do I still feel you here

Why does it hurt like the summer we never let go

Is it the highway calling or something more

Am I chasing you down through these empty open roads?

Chorus

Concrete heartbeat, running slow and wide

Every mile I drive is the distance inside

I'm burning gasoline just to keep you alive in my chest

Concrete heartbeat, this is where I do my best

To let you go but keep the fire lit below

So here's to forever stuck in yesterday

Concrete heartbeat, driving through the pain

Verse

Highway signs flash up like they're trying to tell me something

Empty diner coffee gone cold at the wheel again

Your picture folded soft behind the sun visor glass

Half your name still tattooed on my palm where it won't erase

The radio spins through static and old love songs

I'm not running from the ghost, I'm just riding longer than I should

Pre-Chorus

So tell me why do I still feel you here

Why does it hurt like the summer we never let go

Is it the highway calling or something more

Am I chasing you down through these empty open roads?

Chorus

Concrete heartbeat, running slow and wide

Every mile I drive is the distance inside

I'm burning gasoline just to keep you alive in my chest

Concrete heartbeat, this is where I do my best

To let you go but keep the fire lit below

So here's to forever stuck in yesterday

Concrete heartbeat, driving through the pain

Bridge

Maybe it's not goodbye, maybe it's just the road

Maybe every exit signs a door I don't yet know

The engine's loud but deep inside I'm still crying

For the way you smiled at me and never promised twice what you'd try

So I'll drive all night till the sun turns gold again

And hope someday this heart learns how to be alright, my friend

Chorus

Concrete heartbeat, running slow and wide

Every mile I drive is the distance inside

I'm burning gasoline just to keep you alive in my chest

Concrete heartbeat, this is where I do my best

To let you go but keep the fire lit below

So here's to forever stuck in yesterday

Concrete heartbeat, driving through the pain