This Road I Know

歌詞

This a poem I wrote called "This Road I Know" There's this flash I get ofte, a fever dream or a vision of sorts Most times late at night And I haven't found out why, but I know exactly why I'm on this road, and I hear gravel underneath me, and I feel it too And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am It's dark, it's really dark And the car is warm, but somehow I can feel how cold the night is I don't know where the road leads, but I know exactly where it ends You see, I keep driving, and all I see for the longest while is my headlights For an eternity it seems And everything is desolate and empty and nothing and hopeless I'm lost, but I know where I'm going I'm safe, I'm warm, I'm driving And I see this small light A dim one growing bigger and brighter and closer and stronger And the closer I get, the more I see I make out a house with light strewn across it, a porch, and cars Some frosted windshields that hadn't been touched for hours I hear a song, and it's faint And I can't make out the name, but I know every word I feel my feet first And it's cold, and they're crunching, and it's the sound of driveways And the wind takes my breath with it And then I walk up to this door, and I knock even though I feel I don't have to And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am And this crack of light widens on this porch underneath me as this door opens And this brown-haired girl with the brightest smile I don't know who she is, but I know her so well And behind her, the warmest home I'd ever seen It's orange and comfortable, there's fire, and it's bulb-lit She says "Where have you been? I've been waiting on you all night We've missed you" She says to the kindest smirk I'd seen in so long Then she tapers off the sentence with the- With the peaceful sound that a lady makes She grabs me on the forearms, pulls softly into the dining room And there's people, and they're happy, and they're content for one I don't know who they are, but I know exactly who they are And we're all standing, and I'm laughing at a joke I'll never hear again I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am And then she tucks her head between my collar as a friend Between my collar and my jaw, and there's no weight at all And I don't know where I am, but there's no weight at all It's laughter and grins and no tomorrow to win And I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am I don't know where I am, but I know exactly where I am