Red Eyes [Verse 1] Midnight clock ticking on the dashboard light Counting down the miles in the blue twilight Another silent stretch of a sleepy town Trying to keep the heavy eyelids down Running on coffee and a fading spark Searching for a flame in the quiet dark [Pre-Chorus] Streetlights bleeding through the fog outside Got nowhere left for my thoughts to hide The world is asleep, but I’m wide awake Wondering how much more this heart can take [Chorus] With these red eyes staring at the open road Carrying the weight of a heavy load Chasing down a dream that’s a mile away Hoping for the promise of a brighter day Yeah, the night gets long, but I hold the drive With these red eyes just trying to feel alive [Verse 2] Static on the radio, a ghost-town tune Shadows stretching underneath a silver moon Everybody’s dreaming in their quiet beds While a thousand wild thoughts run through my head I traded comfort for a bigger sky Never asked the easy answers, never wondered why [Pre-Chorus] Streetlights bleeding through the fog outside Got nowhere left for my thoughts to hide The world is asleep, but I’m wide awake Wondering how much more this heart can take [Chorus] With these red eyes staring at the open road Carrying the weight of a heavy load Chasing down a dream that’s a mile away Hoping for the promise of a brighter day Yeah, the night gets long, but I hold the drive With these red eyes just trying to feel alive [Bridge] When the morning sun breaks through the grey It’s gonna wash all the doubts away Every blur on the highway, every strain in sight Was just the price of turning shadow into light I’m almost there, I can feel the change Nothing left to fear, nothing to rearrange [Chorus] With these red eyes staring at the open road Carrying the weight of a heavy load Chasing down a dream that’s a mile away Hoping for the promise of a brighter day Yeah, the night gets long, but I hold the drive With these red eyes just trying to feel alive [Outro] Red eyes in the mirror line... Chasing down the sunrise time. Just one more mile to go. Yeah, red eyes on the open road. Fade into the gold...
