Half Tank Summer

[Verse 1] Gauge sittin’ low but I’m still rollin’ Radio crackle and the night keeps goin’ Headlights cuttin’ through a humid haze Windows down in a slow-motion daze Ain’t got a destination marked in stone Just tryin’ not to feel so alone White lines fade like they don’t matter Every mile just a little bit flatter [Pre-Chorus] Don’t need a map, don’t need a plan Just this wheel and these tired hands [Chorus] It’s a half tank summer Burnin’ slow like a backroad hummer Not rich, not free, just somewhere in between Where the nights feel long and the air feels clean I’m runnin’ on fumes and faded dreams And everything’s not as it seems Yeah I’m just a drifter under neon thunder In a half tank summer [Verse 2] Gas station lights like a church at night Buzzin’ neon keepin’ me alive Cheap coffee and a cooler of ice One more stop just to kill some time Text message I ain’t replied to yet Backseat full of what I can’t forget But I laugh at nothin’ and push it down Let the tires sing me out of this town [Pre-Chorus] Every exit looks the same But I take it just the same [Chorus] It’s a half tank summer Burnin’ slow like a backroad hummer Not rich, not free, just somewhere in between Where the nights feel long and the air feels clean I’m runnin’ on fumes and faded dreams And everything’s not as it seems Yeah I’m just a drifter under neon thunder In a half tank summer [Bridge] Maybe I’ll figure it out someday Or maybe I’ll just drift away Either way the road don’t care It just keeps pullin’ air [Final Chorus] Half tank summer Every mile a little bit younger No direction, but I don’t mind Leavin’ pieces of me behind Runnin’ on fumes and faded dreams And everything’s not as it seems Yeah I’m just a ghost in the rearview blur Of a half tank summer