Track Insight / Lyrics
Pencil arrows point me toward the door
Bus tickets shake beneath a fluorescent floor
Someone whispered, Don't forget to run
Now the library's melting into sun
Coffee stains beside a pencilled flight
Paris, 4:12, written in blue ink
Check the margin, there's a secret door
Catch the 6:15, I'm not waiting anymore
Pages riffle loose inside a paper bag
Racing through the station, half undressed
One thin quote says, Stay until you're free
Somebody left a map inside of me
[Pre-
Streetlights flicker, red and gold
Every promise in me unfolds
Chalk the future, draw the line
I was never meant to stay behind
Read me fast, I'm halfway gone
Turn the page and carry on
Borrowed words light up the dark
Leave a note beneath the spark
Read me fast, the dawn is here Every margin disappears
If you find me somewhere on the line
I was running toward the light
Window rattles in a violet car
Motel keys are swinging from the dash
Someone names the cities that we missed
Blue ink bleeding through a paper kiss
Ticket stubs are freckling the rearview
Every exit holds a newer view
I can hear their sentences in the seams
Chasing me like locomotives in my dreams
[Pre-
Radio static, coded calls
Echo through the station walls
Count the crossings, cross the line
All those crossroads felt divine
Read me fast, I'm halfway gone
Turn the page and carry on
Borrowed words light up the dark
Leave a note beneath the spark
Read me fast, the dawn is here Every margin disappears
If you find me somewhere on the line
I was running toward the light
Pizzicato rhythm in the underpass
Piano dust is trembling on the keys
Someone's drawing constellations on my sleeve
A fleeting wish is all that I need
Motel ice is clicking in the glass
Spilled Earl Grey on photographs
"Keep the ending," someone wrote in blue
And the missing page was covered too
I can feel the paper changing
Crinkling underneath the sun
Every word I carried over
Pulled me to the starting gun
Ink is running, wheels are spinning
All those notes are lifting off
Now the silent thing is singing
I was never meant to stay enough
Border guards are staring at the spine
Dog-eared passport, destination signed
Numbered exits dancing through the snow
Where a stranger's smile is turning me
Librarians are chasing through the rain
Borrowed sunlight pressing through the frame
As I enter through the waking door
I was lost before—and found before
Read me fast, I'm halfway gone
Turn the page and carry on
Borrowed words are burning bright
Leave a note beneath the spark
Read me loud, the dawn is here
Every other fear disappears
If you find me somewhere on the line
I was running toward the light
Read me fast, I'm halfway gone
Carry every word along
When the final page is torn
I'll be waiting in the morn
Read me loud, the dawn is here
Every margin disappears
If you find me somewhere on the line
I was yours before the light
Pencil arrows fade across the floor
Library doors swing wide into the sun
Someone's running, someone else has run
And the open book is finally done