[Intro: Atmospheric electric guitar picking with distant ocean waves] [Verse 1: Female Vocal] Wind is tangled in my auburn hair Driving down the coast, going nowhere The dashboard clock is frozen in the past We always knew this dream was never built to last The ocean breeze tastes heavy like goodbye Beneath a bruised and bleeding pastel sky [Verse 2: Male Vocal] Radio is playing something slow and sad Reminding me of everything we almost had I light a cigarette and watch the smoke A quiet metaphor for every vow we broke Your hand is resting softly on the wheel But I can't even tell you how I really feel [Pre-Chorus: Both] The miles stretch out like a broken promise line We're running out of highway, running out of time [Chorus: Both] Cigarettes and sunset drives Living out the end of our parallel lives We're a cinematic tragedy in motion Drowning in the shallow end of this emotion Hold me closer while the daylight dies Let me lose myself inside your hollow eyes [Instrumental Interlude: Melancholic guitar solo with a sweeping string section] [Verse 3: Female Vocal] Motel signs are flickering in red Echoing the things we left unsaid [Male Vocal] I’d turn the car around if I had the nerve But we're just leaning into every dangerous curve [Pre-Chorus: Both] The miles stretch out like a broken promise line We're running out of highway, running out of time [Chorus: Both] Cigarettes and sunset drives Living out the end of our parallel lives We're a cinematic tragedy in motion Drowning in the shallow end of this emotion Hold me closer while the daylight dies Let me lose myself inside your hollow eyes [Bridge: Female Vocal] Is it love, or just the fear of being alone? [Male Vocal] A temporary throne made of crumbling stone. [Both] We kiss the poison straight from the glass And pray this beautiful disaster will pass. [Outro: Both] Sunset drives... [Female Vocal]: Bleeding in the rearview mirror. [Male Vocal]: The end is drawing nearer. [Both]: Fade into the dark. [Fading Outro: Gentle acoustic guitar fading into static noise] [End]
