[Intro - lone guitar pulse, tight drums enter] Streetlight flickers Engine turns I guess some lessons Have to burn [Verse 1 - restrained vocal, driving bass] I kept waiting for a perfect sign Green light, right place, perfect time Somebody saying, “This one’s safe” Like life was something you could calculate I wore the bruises underneath Learned which promises not to keep Every wrong road got me here Funny how the view gets clear [Pre-Chorus - chords begin opening] Maybe I’m scared Maybe that’s fine Fear doesn’t get To pick my life [Chorus - huge major-key release] There’s no safe way home So I’m taking the long way Headlights cutting through Everything I couldn’t say No safe way home No guarantee I’ll get it right But I’d rather lose my way Than disappear inside somebody else’s life Let the road unfold I don’t need to know There’s no safe way home And I’m going anyway [Post-Chorus - sharp guitar hook] Go Go Don’t wait for me Go Go I wanna see [Verse 2 - stronger drums, brighter guitar movement] I kissed trouble, called it fate Stayed too long and left too late Loved somebody I couldn’t save Let somebody love the mask I made I’ve been cruel, I’ve been kind I’ve left better versions of me behind Maybe growing up is just Learning which mistakes to trust [Pre-Chorus 2 - stronger harmony] Maybe I’m wrong Maybe I’ll fall I’d rather choose Than not choose at all [Chorus - wider vocals] There’s no safe way home So I’m taking the long way Headlights cutting through Everything I couldn’t say No safe way home No guarantee I’ll get it right But I’d rather lose my way Than disappear inside somebody else’s life Let the road unfold I don’t need to know There’s no safe way home And I’m going anyway [Breakdown - drums drop, close vocal] No map No hands on the wheel but mine No voice Telling me I’m out of time No cage Even if the door was gold No safe way Good I don’t want safe anymore [Instrumental - soaring but concise guitar melody] [Bridge - vulnerable, slowly rising] If I could meet the girl I was Before she learned to second-guess I’d tell her nothing went to plan And somehow That’s what saved us Every crack Every goodbye Every night I thought I’d ruined my life Led me here Still breathing Still wanting more [Final Chorus - maximum emotional impact] There’s no safe way home So I’ll take whatever comes Rain against the windshield Morning breaking with the sun No safe way home And finally that’s alright I don’t need a perfect ending I just need this life to feel like mine Let the whole road unfold Let me change, let me grow There’s no safe way home There’s just the one I chose [Final Lift - brighter harmony, full vocal] No chains No borrowed name No perfect road No one to blame If I get lost I’ll still be mine That’s enough This time [Outro - instruments narrow down, dry vocal] No safe way home. Good.
