[Intro — warm clean guitar melody, road hum, slow build] [Verse 1 — warm clean female vocals over sparse heavy chords] Two a.m. and the Biscuit's heater Only working on one side Jordan's got both hands on the wheel Mia's asleep before the ride Caleb's counting crumpled twenties On the dashboard by the light And the old mills slide by in the dark Like ghosts on the right [Pre-Chorus — harsh female screams, building] I spent years planning my escape Counting every road away Now the only road I want Is the one that takes me home [Chorus — soaring heartfelt clean female vocals, full band] Take me down 680 South Windows cracked and the radio loud Four tired hearts in a beat-up van I never had a home till now Every exit sign is a name I know Every mile is counting down Take me down 680 South Take me home, take me home [Verse 2 — clean vocals, harsh doubles on the last lines] Gas station coffee off the Austintown ramp Dollar fifty and it's burnt Somebody's playing back the set On a phone that barely works We were four kids nobody picked From a town nobody stays Now I'd go to war for every one Of the three asleep in the haze [Pre-Chorus — harsh female screams, building] I spent years planning my escape Counting every road away Now the only road I want Is the one that takes me home [Chorus — soaring heartfelt clean female vocals, full band] Take me down 680 South Windows cracked and the radio loud Four tired hearts in a beat-up van I never had a home till now Every exit sign is a name I know Every mile is counting down Take me down 680 South Take me home, take me home [Breakdown — crushing half-time, harsh screamed female vocals] Mill smoke! Ghost town! They said we'd never get out! Wrong way! Right way! We came back to make it loud! [Bridge — soft intimate clean female vocal, clean guitar] And when the van goes quiet And the bridge lights cross the dash I don't want to be anywhere else I don't want this one to pass [Final Chorus — key lift, clean lead with screamed doubles] Take me down 680 South Windows cracked and the radio loud Four tired hearts in a beat-up van I never had a home till now Every exit sign is a name I know Every mile is counting down Take me down 680 South Take me home, take me home (Take me home) [Outro — clean guitar melody returns, road hum fades] (softly) Wake up, Mia. We're home. [End]
