[Intro] Hey, my sweet girl. I know you probably don't want to hear from me. And after everything that happened... you have every right. But please read this letter. You don't owe me forgiveness. I beg you... just a few more minutes. [Verse 1] It has been years since you escaped this place, with that young man who carried you away. Finally beyond his reach, where his shadow couldn't follow. You ask me now: "You knew he was a monster, why did you let him stay?" My love, I saw the wolf too late, and then I looked away. [Pre-Chorus] I failed you. I failed as a mother. I should have been your shelter from the storm. Instead I became the gravity that held you here, while evil wore a father's form. [Chorus] Drive, my love, drive, don't look back tonight. Chase the colors on the horizon, disappear into the light. Did you hear me calling your name? Through the barking and through the pain? I wasn't asking you to stay. I was begging you to drive away. [Verse 2] Too many nights he walked your hallway, too many times I hit the floor. I'd lie there shaking on the cold tiles, listening at your door. One call could have changed everything, one step could have set us free. But fear became a prison, and cowardice became me. [Bridge A] Do you remember Cup? I bought him for you. I thought maybe a dog would give him a reason to let you leave the house. A little sunlight. A little air. Away from his sight. But it wasn't enough. Nothing I did was enough. [Verse 3] Then came the night he crossed the line and left you lifeless in the dark. Something finally broke inside me, something wild, something stark. I clawed and bit and screamed at him, covered in your tears and my blood. And there upon the kitchen floor I made a bargain with the devil and traded what remained of me [Pre-Chorus 2] A mother shouldn't bargain with monsters. A mother should end the war. But broken people learn to survive by becoming something less than before. [Chorus] Drive, my love, drive, don't look back tonight. Chase the colors on the horizon, disappear into the light. I saw your face behind the window, I watched your sorrow fade away. And the most beautiful thing I've ever seen was that car pulling away, taking you where he could never follow. [Bridge 2] And now... I still sit inside your empty room. I still wonder who you've become. If you've found a life, if you've found peace, if you've finally escaped this place. And if you hold a child someday, they'll never know this pain. Because you were always full of light, despite everything we became. [Final Chorus] Drive, my love, drive, for both of us tonight. Carry every dream I lost beyond the edge of sight. There's nothing left for me to fear. You are safe. More than I could ever ask for. [Outro] After all the years i finaly decide, I'm going to escape tonight too. Not bravely. Not the way you did. But now I'm free as well. And I swear to you, my last thoughts belong only to you. It is all I have left. It's all I want. As long as you are safe. Maybe you dont believe me, But I love you, sweetheart. I always have. I always will. God... I love you, sweetheart. I love you so much. so much... [fading] [End]
