[Instrumental Intro — 8 bars] [Main fuzz guitar motif introduced immediately — four descending notes] [No vocals, no humming] [Verse 1 — distant, ethereal] Headlights crawling by the sea White lines pulling out of me Empty windows, sleeping towns Moonlight turning upside down [Pre-Chorus — rising softly] Low moon Black tide Your ghost By my side [Chorus — strong repeated melodic hook] Blue road, carry me Blue road, carry me Through the mist Beside the sea Blue road, carry me Where the night runs endlessly Blue road Carry me [Post-Chorus — instrumental hook] [Fuzz guitar repeats the vocal melody of “Blue road, carry me”] [Verse 2] Radio voices melt away Stars are falling on the bay In the mirror, for a while I can almost see you smile [Pre-Chorus] Cold glass Sea air I turn You’re not there [Chorus] Blue road, carry me Blue road, carry me Through the mist Beside the sea Blue road, carry me Where the night runs endlessly Blue road Carry me [Psychedelic Instrumental — 16 bars] [Swirling phaser guitar develops the chorus melody] [Jazzy drum shuffle, melodic bass countermelody, tape-delay echoes] [Bridge — sparse, dreamlike] Am I driving? Am I dreaming? Is the ocean Slowly breathing? Am I leaving? Am I free? Or is the blue road Driving me? [Break — drums and bass only] Blue road... Blue road... [Final Chorus — layered but still distant] Blue road, carry me Blue road, carry me Past the place We used to be Blue road, carry me Till the dawn remembers me Blue road Carry me [Outro — slow psychedelic fade] Carry me Carry me Blue road Carry me [Fuzz guitar repeats the four-note hook until fade]
