[Verse 1] I drew the route, I knew the way, Had every mile and move in place. No wasted time, no second guess, Straight through the future I knew best. Then orange cones and flashing lights Turned my straight line overnight. One little sign, one arrow bent: ROAD CLOSED AHEAD. Well, shit. DETOUR? [Pre-Chorus] I called it lost, I called it wrong, Stood at the barricade too long. Maybe “no” is sometimes more Than something begging to be forced. [Chorus] TAKE THE DETOUR. Turn around. There’s more than one way out of town. Miss the exit. Lose the plan. Let the map get messy in your hands. Not every roadblock is a sign. Not every loss is by design. But if this road won’t let you through, There’s still a world in front of you. TAKE THE DETOUR. [Verse 2] The job fell through, the person left, The life I planned became a wreck. I knocked until my knuckles bruised, Like wanting meant I couldn’t lose. I thought persistence meant “don’t bend.” I thought surrender meant “the end.” Till I looked left and finally saw A road I hadn’t seen at all. [Pre-Chorus] I called it lost, I called it wrong. Maybe I was looking too long At one damn door that wouldn’t move To see how many I could choose. [Chorus] TAKE THE DETOUR. Turn around. There’s more than one way out of town. Miss the exit. Lose the plan. Let the map get messy in your hands. Not every roadblock is a sign. Not every loss is by design. But if this road won’t let you through, There’s still a world in front of you. TAKE THE DETOUR. [Bridge] I won’t tell you, “It happened for a reason.” Sometimes life just fucks up the season. Sometimes the thing you worked to save Still falls apart and walks away. No silver lining. No grand design. No cosmic hand saying, “Right on time.” But here you are. And here is real. So where the hell do we go from here? Left or right. Fast or slow. Pick a road and fucking go. You don’t have to bless the wall. You just don’t have to live there at all. [Final Chorus] TAKE THE DETOUR. Turn around. There’s more than one way out of town. Change direction. Change your mind. Leave the dead-end road behind. Not every roadblock saves your life. Not every wrong turn turns out right. But one closed road cannot decide there’s nowhere else for you to drive. TAKE THE DETOUR. [Outro] Road closed ahead. Okay. Good thing there’s more than one road.
