There is a road outside this town I swore I'd never take. It runs beside the old black river and every choice I made. Behind me burns a single window, the one I knew too well. I spent my youth walking toward it— tonight I walk away. My father said, “Son, some doors were never meant for you.” I laughed and told him I was different. Young men always do. My mother watched me leave one winter, coat hanging from my hand. She knew some roads don't lead you somewhere— they only lead you back. BUT I WON'T GO BACK! Not tonight. Let that old light burn without me. I WON'T GO BACK! Let it shine. Let every ghost come out and find me. I've lost enough, I've paid enough, I've given all I had. That road can call my name forever— I won't go back. I knew a girl behind that doorway, with midnight in her eyes. She kissed like heaven on a Sunday, then loved me like a lie. We made our promises at sunrise, we broke them before dark. And every time I tried to leave her, she knew just where to touch my heart. BUT I WON'T GO BACK! Not tonight. Let that old light burn without me. I WON'T GO BACK! Let it shine. Let every ghost come out and find me. I've lost enough, I've paid enough, I've given all I had. That road can call my name forever— I won't go back. Funny how a man can spend a lifetime thinking chains are something he can see. Mine had no iron. Mine had no lock. Just one old road— and memory. I hear her voice behind me now. “Come home.” No. My hands are shaking. My heart says turn. My feet keep moving on. And for the first time in my life— the road behind me's gone. I WON'T GO BACK! NOT TONIGHT! LET THAT OLD LIGHT BURN WITHOUT ME! I WON'T GO BACK! LET IT SHINE! THERE AIN'T A DAMN THING LEFT BEHIND ME! I've lost enough! I've paid enough! I've buried who I was! And if that road still knows my name— it can call... until I'm gone. I WON'T GO BACK! I WON'T GO BACK! I won't go back.
