When Did We Stop Looking Up?

✦✧✦ When Did We Stop Looking Up? ✦✧✦ Oh-oh-oh Yeah When did we stop? ✦ Tail lamps smear across the glass White lines slip beneath me fast Rubber snarls on silver rain Every lane is full of names So many souls within arm’s reach So many mouths that never speak Pressed together, sealed in chrome How did we get this alone? ✦ Miles keep feeding the machine Every face has somewhere to be But the skyline burns ahead Like a promise we can’t read And above the towers’ light There’s another city there Not a place we have to earn But a reason we still care I still believe there’s more than this I still believe there’s more than this ✦ ✦ ✦ When did we stop looking up? I forgot I had a soul I was staring through the windshield Trying not to lose control When did we stop reaching out? We don’t have to ride alone Take my hand, the sky is opening Let the heavens lead us home ✦ I learned to measure life in lanes Coffee cups and window stains Clocking in and cashing out Too tired to wonder what it’s about There’s a skyline up ahead But I’m staring at the brake lights red There’s a heaven burning wide But I keep my whole world inside ✦ ✦ ✦ When did we stop looking up? I forgot I had a soul I was staring through the windshield Trying not to lose control When did we stop reaching out? We don’t have to ride alone Take my hand, the sky is opening Let the heavens lead us home ✦ Maybe the dream was never gone Maybe we just drove too long Maybe the soul learns how to sleep When the climb gets hard and steep We forgot the world was beautiful The first and final one The city waits before us The heavens crown the sun But if you’re there beside me now We can turn our faces out Past the road, past the rush Back to wonder, back to us Oh-oh-oh Back to us ✦ ✦ ✦ When did we stop looking up? I forgot I had a soul I was staring through the windshield Trying not to lose control When did we stop reaching out? We don’t have to ride alone Take my hand, the sky is opening Let the heavens lead us home We forgot the world was beautiful The first and final one There’s a road beneath our feet There’s a sky inside the soul When did we stop looking up? Maybe we remember now I was lost behind the wheel Till you showed me how ✦ Oh-oh-oh When did we stop looking up? Oh-oh-oh We don’t have to ride alone Oh-oh-oh Let the heavens lead us home