[Intro: Wide atmospheric synths with a lonely, echoing tremolo electric guitar] [Verse 1: Female Vocal] The highway is stretching out into the sand A desolate ribbon across a dead land The heat waves are shimmering out on the road Carrying the weight of this heavy payload I see your face in the distance ahead But I know it's a trick of the tears that I shed [Verse 2: Male Vocal] I’m driving out West where the sun goes to die Under a bruised and a violet sky The radio static is singing your song Reminding me everywhere that I went wrong I'm looking for water, I'm looking for grace But all I can find is the ghost of your face [Pre-Chorus: Both] The desert is endless, the horizon is fake How much of this emptiness can one heart take? [Chorus: Both] Chasing the mirage, a trick of the light Looking for day in the middle of the night We hallucinated a perfect romance A deadly illusion, a venomous dance I reach out to touch you, you vanish in thin air A beautiful phantom who was never really there [Instrumental Interlude: Swelling atmospheric synths with a crying tremolo guitar solo] [Verse 3: Female Vocal] The dashboard is melting, the engine is hot I'm holding onto the nothing I've got [Male Vocal] The vultures are circling high in the pale blue Waiting for me to finally let go of you [Pre-Chorus: Both] The desert is endless, the horizon is fake How much of this emptiness can one heart take? [Chorus: Both] Chasing the mirage, a trick of the light Looking for day in the middle of the night We hallucinated a perfect romance A deadly illusion, a venomous dance I reach out to touch you, you vanish in thin air A beautiful phantom who was never really there [Bridge: Both] [Female Vocal] Is it an oasis? [Male Vocal] Or just the cruel sand? [Both] We built our whole kingdom on a shifting land. The sun is relentless, the shadows are long. We stayed in this barren wasteland too long. [Outro: Both] The mirage... [Female Vocal]: Shimmering heat. [Male Vocal]: A slow defeat. [Both]: Lost in the dust. [Fading Outro: Tremolo guitar echoing out over the sound of desert wind] [End]
