[Intro] [Verse 1] Car is miles behind me now, just a hazy black smudge in the mirror of heat, “what did I hit” Not a single car has passed. Not one. Where the hell is everyone? I don’t remember, did i hit something? I keep dragging my boots through the sand while vultures circle slow overhead, watching, waiting, patient as the sun hammers down on my pounding skull. A piece of glass just fell from my face [Section A] [Verse 2] Dried blood cracks from my forehead to my lips, sand sticking to the sweat on my face. Tumbleweeds roll lazy across the road, light wind kicking up little ghosts of dust.”where the ….? Heat rises off the asphalt in silver waves I can almost touch, burning straight through my soles. Thirsty An empty spring water bottle lies half-buried — I reach for it… but it’s gone. Just another trick. [Section B] [Verse 3] Cactuses stand twisted like crooked old men laughing at me. Then I’m , barefoot in the backyard with Daddy, cold water spraying from the garden hose, “Am I dead?” laughing so hard my belly hurts as the water chases my back, toes through wet grass…Wait, hallucination? — and I back, stumbling down this empty desert highway, roadkill, flattened snake or lizard baking on the paved edge. [Chorus] That gray shape still floats way out on the horizon, gas station or mirage, I can’t tell anymore. My legs don’t feel like mine, throat raw as sandpaper, world swimming between fire and dream. I don’t know if I’ll make it… but I keep walking anyway. [fades out] [Outro]
