Some roads don’t lead you home

[Verse 1] The streetlight flickers on an empty road, And I’m dragging what’s left of an empty load. These broken dreams keep talking low, Telling me truths I don’t want to know. Every mile’s a memory carved in shame, Heartache riding shotgun, guilt calling my name. And when I left I said it straight: Ain’t enough whiskey to clean this slate. [Verse 2] She left the porch light burning by the door, But that house don’t breathe like it did before. She thinks someday I’ll turn around, But my boots ain’t touching that hometown ground. I spent my life in hard labour’s grind, Every dollar earned was honest, mine. But pride’s a cold companion late at night — It don’t warm the bones, it don’t make things right. [Chorus] If there’s a heaven, it ain’t calling my name, And the Devil keeps whispering I’m easy to claim. I talk to God, but He keeps His distance, Maybe He’s tired of my stubborn resistance. I ain’t found peace yet on this long, long way — But I’m learning how to carry the weight. [Verse 3] I left my name somewhere in the dust, Left my heart where the wind turned rough. Some men break, some men bend, Some just walk till the road finds their end. She said redemption’s just a borrowed word, But I still pray, even if I ain’t heard. A sinner knows when the night runs late: You don’t find peace — you carry the weight. [Final Verse] No light ahead, no promise made, Just a man and the road and the choices he made. The nights get longer, the cold cuts deep, And the memories I carry won’t let me sleep. I ain’t found peace yet, and maybe I won’t — But I’m learning to shoulder the weight I don’t. [Final Tag: spoken, almost whispered, resigned] Some roads don’t lead you home… They just keep going…