empty streets and yellow lights
the city breathing slow
windows down at half past two
got nowhere left to go
the radio plays something old
i haven't heard in years
funny how a song can bring back
everything you thought you'd cleared
the road just keeps on going
the night just keeps on holding
something in the darkness feels
closer than it should
3 am and i'm still driving
don't know what i'm looking for
3 am and i'm still moving
like i've done a thousand times before
the city lights bleed into nothing
the highway swallows everything whole
3 am and i'm still driving
just me and the road and my soul
passed the diner on the corner
where we used to sit till dawn
the waitress knew our order
now that whole life's gone
i don't stop i just keep rolling
let the engine do the work
some things heal better moving
some things only moving hurts
the road just keeps on going
the night just keeps on holding
something in the darkness feels
closer than it should
3 am and i'm still driving
don't know what i'm looking for
3 am and i'm still moving
like i've done a thousand times before
the city lights bleed into nothing
the highway swallows everything whole
3 am and i'm still driving
just me and the road and my soul
maybe i'm not running from it
maybe i'm just giving it space
maybe the road is the only place
where everything falls into place
3 am and i'm still driving
don't know what i'm looking for
3 am and i'm still moving
like i've done a thousand times before
the city lights bleed into nothing
the highway swallows everything whole
3 am and i'm still driving
just me and the road and my soul
i've been walking down this road
since before i knew my name
every mile looks like the last one
every town looks just the same
got a shadow right behind me
don't know what it wants from me
all i know is i keep moving
cause standing still ain't free
dead man's road
goes on forever
dead man's road
leads back to never
i keep walking
i keep going
dead man's road
there's no way home
met a woman at the crossroads
said she'd take away my pain
i gave her everything i carried
she just disappeared in rain
now i travel even lighter
got nothing left to lose
just my boots and just my guitar
and these dead man's blues
dead man's road
goes on forever
dead man's road
leads back to never
i keep walking
i keep going
dead man's road
there's no way home
sometimes the road talks back to me
says boy you should've stayed
sometimes i almost listen
but i keep on anyway
dead man's road
goes on forever
dead man's road
leads back to never
i keep walking
i keep going
dead man's road
there's no way home
i've heard it all before
your reasons and your lies
i've sat across this table
watching truth die in your eyes
i'm done with the explaining
done with the back and forth
done counting all the reasons
this thing was never worth
get out
get out
get out of my head
get out
get out
i'm done with what you said
get out
get out
get out while you can
get out
i'm finally done
that's the whole plan
you had your chance
you had it twice
you had it every single time
you didn't think twice
so take your stuff
take all of it
leave the key upon the shelf
i'm better off
i'm finally off
i'm better off by myself
get out
get out
get out of my head
get out
get out
i'm done with what you said
get out
get out
get out while you can
get out
i'm finally done
that's the whole plan
i sat down on the floor today
for no particular reason
just needed to feel something solid
underneath the season
the ceiling looked the same as always
the light came through the blinds
funny how the world keeps going
when you're losing your mind
i made some tea i didn't drink
i wrote some words i didn't send
i picked up my guitar and sat there
couldn't play it in the end
just held it like it meant something
just held it like it could
remind me who i was before
i lost the things i should
hollow
not broken
just hollow
the kind of empty
that has edges
the kind of quiet
that has weight
hollow
not broken
just hollow
just waiting for it
to be okay
i called someone and hung up
before it even rang
i wasn't ready for the answer
to whatever question sang
so i just sat there with the silence
let it do what silence does
slowly fill the empty spaces
with the echo of what was
hollow
not broken
just hollow
the kind of empty
that has edges
the kind of quiet
that has weight
hollow
not broken
just hollow
just waiting for it
to be okay
it always passes
it always does
it always passes
it always was
the news said it's over
i turned the TV off
poured myself a double
and i started to rock
the neighbours are screaming
the sky's turning red
might as well be dancing
when you're already dead
what's the point in worrying
what's the point in fear
when the world is ending baby
might as well be here
last party on earth
let's make it count
last party on earth
no going back now
the walls are coming down
the lights are going out
last party on earth
let's scream and shout
let's scream and shout
called up all my friends
said get over here
brought everything they had
we ran out of beer
someone brought a drumkit
someone brought a amp
we're playing till the power cuts
we're playing till it's damp
what's the point in worrying
what's the point in fear
when the world is ending baby
might as well be here
last party on earth
let's make it count
last party on earth
no going back now
the walls are coming down
the lights are going out
last party on earth
let's scream and shout
let's scream and shout
the president said something
i couldn't hear a word
the music was too loud
and honestly preferred
someone kissed a stranger
someone broke a chair
someone's on the rooftop
screaming i don't care
[Guitar Solo]
last party on earth
let's make it count
last party on earth
no going back now
the walls are coming down
the lights are going out
last party on earth
let's scream and shout
let's scream and shout
she moves like trouble in slow motion
like smoke across the floor
every room she walks into
wants a little more
she doesn't try to do it
it just comes out that way
the kind of woman that you think about
for the rest of the day
she's got that thing
can't put a name to it
she's got that pull
can't walk away from it
slow burn
taking all night
slow burn
feeling just right
low and rolling
dark and sweet
slow burn
knocking me off my feet
she ordered something simple
looked complicated doing it
leaned back like she had all the time
and all the world could wait a bit
i tried to play it cool
i probably failed
she smiled like she already knew
exactly what that smile entailed
she's got that thing
can't put a name to it
she's got that pull
can't walk away from it
slow burn
taking all night
slow burn
feeling just right
low and rolling
dark and sweet
slow burn
knocking me off my feet
no rush
no hurry
nowhere to be
just this
just her
just the heat
[Guitar Solo]
slow burn
taking all night
slow burn
feeling just right
low and rolling
dark and sweet
slow burn
knocking me off my feet
i've been down every road this album walked
i've been the swagger and the wreck
i've been the engine running empty
i've been the rope around my neck
i've been the anger and the ashes
i've been the hollow and the drive
i've been every single version
of a man who just survives
but here's the thing about surviving
here's the thing they never say
you don't come back the same as always
you come back a different way
still standing
after everything
still standing
after all of it
i'm not the same man that i started as
but i'm still here
still standing
still lit
i've driven through the night alone
i've sat down on the floor
i've screamed into the nothing
till my throat was raw and sore
i've felt the slow burn take me under
felt the cold creep through my bones
but every single morning
i woke up and made it home
and here's the thing about surviving
here's the thing they never say
you don't come back the same as always
you come back a different way
still standing
after everything
still standing
after all of it
i'm not the same man that i started as
but i'm still here
still standing
still lit
every road leads somewhere
every wound leaves something
every night eventually
lets the morning in
every engine running
every 3 am driving
every hollow moment
was just the beginning
[Instrumental]
still standing
after everything
still standing
after all of it
i'm not the same man that i started as
but i'm still here
still standing
still lit
still standing
after everything
still standing
after all of it
i'm not the same man that i started as
but i'm still here
still standing
still lit
i'm done playing by the rules
that nobody ever made
i'm done smiling at the faces
of the people getting paid
every system every structure
built to keep you in your place
i'm done swallowing the silence
i'm done keeping up the pace
something's burning in my chest
something's finally breaking free
you can keep your empty promises
you don't own a piece of me
tear it down
tear it all down
burn the whole thing to the ground
tear it down
tear it all down
let the walls come crashing down
i'm done
i'm through
i'm finished with you
tear it down
i've been quiet for too long now
watched it rot from inside out
every word they ever fed me
tasted just like dust and doubt
i've been carrying their dead weight
on a back that's nearly broke
i'm throwing off the chains now
i'm done choking on their smoke
something's burning in my chest
something's finally breaking free
you can keep your empty promises
you don't own a piece of me
tear it down
tear it all down
burn the whole thing to the ground
tear it down
tear it all down
let the walls come crashing down
i'm done
i'm through
i'm finished with you
tear it down
i tried to make it work
i tried to play it straight
i tried to find the good in it
but good came way too late
[Guitar Solo]
tear it down
tear it all down
burn the whole thing to the ground
tear it down
tear it all down
let the walls come crashing down
i'm done
i'm through
i'm finished with you
tear it down
it started in the morning
with a low and steady hum
by the time the sun went under
couldn't make it stop or come
something in the wiring
something in the bone
the engine just keeps running
even when i'm all alone
it won't stop
it won't quit
it won't bend
it won't sit
the engine keeps running
the engine keeps running
through the dark and through the day
the engine keeps running
the engine keeps running
it was never meant to stop anyway
i tried to find the off switch
tried to slow it to a crawl
every time i thought i had it
hit another wall
maybe i was built this way
maybe this is just the deal
the engine doesn't ask me
how i think or how i feel
it won't stop
it won't quit
it won't bend
it won't sit
the engine keeps running
the engine keeps running
through the dark and through the day
the engine keeps running
the engine keeps running
it was never meant to stop anyway
just the hum
just the pulse
just the beat
just the drive
just the hum
just the pulse
still alive
the engine keeps running
the engine keeps running
through the dark and through the day
the engine keeps running
the engine keeps running
it was never meant to stop anyway
she walks in like she owns the place
doesn't even look around
every head just turns to follow
every jaw just hits the ground
i've been burnt before by women
who smiled exactly like that
but here i am again
picking up my hat
i know exactly where this goes
i've read this book before
but something about the way she moves
just makes me want some more
trouble looks good on you
trouble looks good on me
let's make a little trouble
see what we can be
trouble looks good tonight
trouble feels just right
come on let's burn it down
till the morning light
she laughed and said i looked familiar
like someone she once knew
i said honey i'm an original
there ain't nobody like me too
she leaned across the table
said prove it if you can
next thing i know we're running
across the parking lot hand in hand
i know exactly where this goes
i've read this book before
but something about the way she moves
just makes me want some more
trouble looks good on you
trouble looks good on me
let's make a little trouble
see what we can be
trouble looks good tonight
trouble feels just right
come on let's burn it down
till the morning light
[Guitar Solo]
trouble looks good on you
trouble looks good on me
let's make a little trouble
see what we can be
trouble looks good tonight
trouble feels just right
come on let's burn it down
till the morning light
the house is quiet now
the way it always is
i pour another coffee
that i'll probably never finish
the coat still on the hook
the shoes still by the door
i keep them there on purpose
don't ask me what for
i tell myself i'm fine
i tell myself it's over
i tell myself the weight
gets lighter getting older
what's left of me
is still standing here
what's left of me
is still holding on
i'm not broken
just a little bent
what's left of me
keeps moving on
i drove past where we used to go
on sundays after rain
the parking lot was empty
everything looked just the same
funny how a place can hold
the ghost of what you were
i sat there for a moment
then i drove on like before
i tell myself i'm fine
i tell myself it's over
i tell myself the weight
gets lighter getting older
what's left of me
is still standing here
what's left of me
is still holding on
i'm not broken
just a little bent
what's left of me
keeps moving on
maybe this is just what living feels like
after everything burns down
maybe standing in the ashes
is the same as solid ground
what's left of me
is still standing here
what's left of me
is still holding on
i'm not broken
just a little bent
what's left of me
keeps moving on
