[Intro - 8 bars instrumental] [Verse 1] Headlights carve the dark like stolen time I'm shedding skin with every yellow line The rearview holds a life I never chose Now I'm chasing ghosts only the highway knows [Pre-Chorus] There's a voice inside the static Saying run, don't look back [Chorus] So I'm gone—a shadow swallowed by the night Trading all my wrongs for the speed of flight No compass, no chains, just the burning road I'm a stranger to the life I used to know [Verse 2] Radio preachers promise paradise But I found mine between the stars and streetlights Every mile's a question I don't have to answer Out here freedom's just another word for faster [Pre-Chorus] There's a pull I can't deny Like I'm learning how to fly [Chorus] So I'm gone—a shadow swallowed by the night Trading all my wrongs for the speed of flight No compass, no chains, just the burning road I'm a stranger to the life I used to know [Bridge - atmospheric breakdown] And if the sun never finds me here At least I vanished into something real Where the asphalt bleeds into the sky I'm alive—God, I'm finally alive [Final Chorus] So I'm gone—a shadow swallowed by the night Trading all my wrongs for the speed of flight No compass, no chains, just the burning road I'm a stranger to the life I used to know Yeah, I'm a stranger to the life I used to know [Outro - fade with whispered] Just the burning road...
