[Verse 1] I drift off at the stoplight Mouth open to the radio sound Ashtray full of old night drives One car with a crooked life Every billboard is watching Smiling but their faces feel empty Static hissing till I lose sleep [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause I just want to know why the road bends and folds in my mind (in my mind, mind, mind) And I just want to see why the rearview looks more alive than real life (Just humming the chorus) [Chorus] I can't lie, I was paralyzed Head full of brake lights Closed my heavy eyes for a little while Then the clocks rewound the night Don't you say it's okay Save me Pastel, phantom-traffic Dreams of being rewound [Verse 2] I found you in a strip mall Same jacket that you threw away But the sign said it closed down in ninety-four Every storefront was speaking Laughter on a loop, kind of eerie Every exit kept spelling "don't leave me" [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause I just want to know why your voice sounds like vinyl at night (at the night, night, night) And I just want to see why the parking lot glows in flickering light [Chorus] I can't lie, I was paralyzed Head full of brake lights Closed my heavy eyes for a little while Then the clocks rewound the night Don't you say it's okay Save me Pastel, phantom-traffic Dreams of being rewound (Pastel, phantom-traffic) (Dreams of being rewound) (Pastel, phantom-traffic) (Dreams of being rewound) [Bridge] I can't lie, I'm tracing the lines on the dash They move like they are trying to speak But deep down they're whispering License plates repeating my name Billboards start to hum out of frame Who's there? Not me Why does the mirror disagree? And who keeps pulling the yellow lines under me? A neighbor? A distant driver? I want to stay asleep in this car forever and ever But when I look in the glass I see an old movie shutter If a life is what I already left behind, I feel it I'm just so scared that I might still be in it [Chorus] I can't lie, I was paralyzed Head full of brake lights Closed my heavy eyes for a little while Then the clocks rewound the night Don't you say it's okay Save me Pastel, phantom-traffic Dreams of being rewound (Pastel, phantom-traffic) (Dreams of being rewound) (Pastel, phantom-traffic) (Dreams of being rewound) [Outro] (La-la-la-la-la, in the passenger side, la-la-la-la-la-la) (La-la-la-la-la, in the wrong year, la-la-la-la-la-la)
