Track Insight / Lyrics
You're a phantom rider, a wanderer in time
Chasing the horizon, leaving nothing behind
With every stoplight spin, a ghost town in your rear
Fuel pump conversation's as loneliest of fears
Yet the engine purrs like a hungering heart
Your wheels bite pavement, where darkness never parts
The miles unravel like a spool in the dark
Every mile marker a ghost, echoing in the spark
Why do you roam, our poor restless soul?
The open road your only goal
In this desert expanse, nothing to recall
But the lonely ghosts, your phantom highway's thrall
The silent heat, the emptiness you bear
No lonely whiskey nor the kindest stranger's care
Cactus silhouettes, the moon's cold silver glow
A solitary shadow, gliding to and fro
Yet the engine purrs like a hungering heart
Your wheels bite pavement, where darkness never parts
The miles unravel like a spool in the dark
Every mile marker a ghost, echoing in the spark
Why do you roam, our poor restless soul?
The open road your only goal
In this desert expanse, nothing to recall
But the lonely ghosts, your phantom highway's thrall
In songs of yesteryear, the open road was free
A path of promise, echoing wild and carefree
But time has tamed it, worn it smooth and wide
Now the miles unfold, devoid of pride
Why do you roam, our poor restless soul?
The open road your only goal
In this desert vast, nothing to recall
But the lonely ghosts, your phantom highway's thrall
Cosmic wheels, the dawn's light takes flight
A lonely end, to this endless desert night
