[Gridlock of the Heart] [Verse 1] Ten years of dust sitting on the dashboard tray I’m pulling off the highway in the heat of day The exit ramp is wider than I can recall I’m waiting for the shadows of the trees to fall [Pre-Chorus 1] The blue light of the map is humming on the glass Counting every minute as the shadows pass [Chorus 1] We're looking for a center in a moving frame Nothing in the reflection is ever the same The years are a distance that we can’t bridge again We start out as locals and we leave as new men [Verse 2] The skyline is an edge of serrated steel I’m gripping on the leather of the steering wheel Construction cranes are bending like a giant's hand I’m staring at the features of a foreign land [Pre-Chorus 2] I tap on the glass and I stare at the screen At a city I thought I had already seen [Chorus 2] We're looking for a center in a moving frame Nothing in the reflection is ever the same The years are a distance that we can’t bridge again We start out as locals and we leave as new men [Instrumental Break - Melodic Solo and Dynamics] [Bridge] Red brake lights are bleeding on the glass and the hood I’m idling where the playground benches once stood That sterile glass tower reaches for the night sky I’m boxed in by the metal and I can’t tell why [Verse 3] I tap the glass screen but the map is a lie The streetlights reflect off the chrome and go by I try to remember the path to the park But shadows have buried the trail in the dark [Pre-Chorus 3] The rhythmic tick of the signal is loud I’m just a face in a motionless crowd [Final Chorus] I'm finding my center in a moving frame I know the reflection is never the same The years are a distance that I'll travel alone I'm letting go of the life that I've known [Outro] Ten years is a lifetime in a city's heart We’re just the passengers before the changes start The lights are all blue and the world is all new I’m just another stranger passing through
