The Way Back (Mini Tape Mix) (Suno Exclusive)

[Verse] We drove the same road backward, tried to find where we'd been But the mile markers don't match, the trees lean off in different angles She said stay close, said don't look at the fog too long Said it pressed against the windshield, clung to the hood and filled the seams I watched her dress start glowing, thin blue lines like a wire She said this has happened before, said just follow the light [Chorus] We gotta find the way back Before the gray swallows the map Follow the code on her dress Follow it home, follow it home [Verse] She traced the lines with her finger, said "read it like a song" Numbers turned to letters, letters turned to a road Said somewhere past the coastline there's a hill with a sign Lit up green in the static, an exit out of this time I asked her how I knew this, she just laughed, looked away Said "I've read this sign before, in every kind of gray" [Chorus] We gotta find the way back Before the gray swallows the map Follow the code on her dress But the dress is unraveling fast Follow it home, follow it home Before the light goes black [Bridge] The hill came out of nowhere, green in the fog Each step got heavier, like the road fought back She squeezed my hand and said she'd be right there I turned once at the sign — the beach was gone, and so was she [Spoken Word] Color seeped back in, like old film reversing. The beach filled with strangers, no memory of absence. No one asked where I'd been. No one recalled a girl in red— Only a green light still burning behind my eyes. On a hill somewhere. Waiting. For me to go back. Always. Forever.