Verse 1 You learned so early how to fight the cold How to carry hurt nobody told A boy out running grown man storms With calloused hands and worn-out arms Became a daddy way too young Still gave your boys unending love You may have driven down broken roads But you never let the rough ride show (Pre-Chorus) Some people swerve Some people brake But some keep driving through the rain (Chorus) Seven hundred miles beneath those wheels A thousand silent wounds that never healed Midnight highways, dashboard glow Trying to outrun ghosts nobody knows But the dawn still rises slow and gold Even after nights of rain that cold Rear view rainbows, hope hangs by a thread That's why I'm here. Borrow mine instead. You don’t have to carry all that dark alone I'll be the light when you get home. (Verse 2) Five years gone, you still hear the sound. The call that knocked your whole world down. It's never fair to lose a child and say goodbye to your reason why Your marriage withered, pain too great Like grief itself just couldn’t wait Your youngest son went off to fly And he stood there waving with empty eyes So it’s whiskey weekends and a quiet room And too much pain with nowhere to move (Pre-Chorus) But I still see The gentle soul Behind the hurt you hide so well (Chorus) Seven hundred miles beneath those wheels A thousand silent wounds that never healed Midnight highways, dashboard glow Trying to outrun ghosts nobody knows But the dawn still rises slow and gold Even after nights of rain that cold Rear view rainbows, hope hangs by a thread That's why I'm here. Borrow mine instead. You don’t have to carry all that dark alone I'll be the light when you get home. (Bridge) I remember blue eyes in the summer heat A teenage girl stealing sneaky peeks Funny how thirty years can disappear And one old spark still burns right here Maybe life ain’t done with you yet Maybe love survives the wreck Maybe all the roads you’ve driven down Were just trying to lead you back around (Final Chorus — lifted) Seven hundred miles and still you stand With a tired heart and hardworking hands And every scar you try to hide Just proves you somehow survived So when the night comes closing in And the silence starts talking again I’ll be right here when the darkness moves through And I hope someday You’ll believe it too That there’s still life left in these broken parts Still a fire beating in your heart And after all this time and pain Love might find you again
