Last Exit Home

I kept mistaking shelter for home. A house. A highway. A heartbeat. Every time I got close... the exit moved. I grew up quiet where the cold wind bites Same old roads under dead street lights No friends, no love, just a name in a chair Learning how to disappear I watched the sky through a classroom cage Swallowed every word, swallowed every rage A beautiful state with a frozen soul I was safe, but I was never whole Then the highway signs started calling me Like white lines could set me free I packed my fear in a rusted heart And let that engine start Where is the last exit home? I keep chasing lights on a road unknown Every time I reach for a place to stay The sign burns out and the road gives way Where is the last exit home? I’ve been everywhere and I’m still alone If home is real, then show me where Cause I keep finding ghosts out there Market crashed, dreams went broke Degree in my hand, nothing but smoke So I traded plans for diesel veins Ran through thunder, snow, and rain Eighteen wheels, state-line scars Truck stop coffee under dying stars Mountains gave me peace for a little while Desert sun made the miles feel mild Coast to coast, I chased that green But money ain’t home when your heart don’t breathe Every map said I was moving on But every new road still felt wrong Then I found your door states away Thought maybe this was why I stayed Your room felt warm, your eyes felt true And God, I thought that home was you Where is the last exit home? I keep chasing lights on a road unknown Every time I reach for a place to stay The sign burns out and the road gives way Where is the last exit home? I’ve been everywhere and I’m still alone If home is real, then show me where Cause I keep finding ghosts out there Your page said single, my hands went numb The old love hit like a loaded gun I found my courage, crossed that line Put my whole damn heart on borrowed time You pulled me close, but not too far Kept me wishing on a dying star You said come back like nothing changed While I broke down in your driveway rain You felt like home, then disappeared Left me stranded with every fear I still see that road in my head But the exit sign is dead So what is home? A place? A person? A job? A love? Or just the lie we tell ourselves when we’re too tired to keep driving? Then I found mountains Then I found sky Then my body broke And I had to say goodbye Couldn’t stand straight Couldn’t live alone Had to leave the land That finally felt like home Now I’m back in the cold Where the open fields breathe Everybody calls it home But it don’t feel like home to me Where is the last exit home? I keep chasing lights on a road unknown Every time I reach for a place to stay The sign burns out and the road gives way Where is the last exit home? I’ve been everywhere and I’m still alone If home is real, then show me where Cause I keep finding ghosts out there Where is the last exit home? Past the pain, past the cold, past the life I’ve known One day I’ll leave these fields behind Find the place that still feels mine Where is the last exit home? Where the land still loves me and the warm wind blows One day I’ll take that road One day I’ll make it home One day I’ll take that road One day I’ll leave the cold One day I’ll find the place That doesn’t let me go