Lyric by Hiram Camp:

I feel the light crawl away
as the night seeps slowly onto my tail lights
the ember of my cigarette
groaning like the sun of a somber day
bags of ash under its dimming eye
the tail of its smoke
spinning into silhouettes of refugees
Children dancing in their toil
they vanish into the exhausting hold of the night.

I drag deep
and lay heavy on the accelerator.
The blood of radio transmissions falls dead
and I know I am alone.
Alone with the imprint of countless
smuggled bodies
the ghosts of their emotions
rocking in the back seats
like sardines waiting to be baptized in new lands,
with new purpose
New hope
Who knows now
Where and if.

My mind drifts back to the road
the white dotted stitching of the highway
passing by my treads, in it
I feel the reflections of my spirit
like glowing eyes in the night
yipping in understanding
at the savagery of the world
following the scent of blood drawn
willing me on to head the pack of scavengers.

A Prince of sunbleached bones and carrion
Sharp toothed and grinning
My kingdom will inherit me
one day
and my flesh will burn away
my bones will turn to dust
mixing with the sands of the desert
radiated as one
with my home
my unforgiving lover.

Until then, I keep driving
until the great wall stretches before me

I quench the shine of my headlights and roll blindly off the highway
riding a worn road long forgotten
tracing it gently like a fingertip on a vein
I see figures muted in the dark, heads turning
like rabbits
hesitant, anxious, uncertain.
the door slips open
a password is shared
names are not
they'll never know my name
Only my desire
to lead
stray dogs in the night
to a new home.

Everyone's a stranger,
that's the rules of the road.
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Standing on the wall
waiting for the truth to spill out
from your eye

shining forehead
broken mirror
lighthouse for all
the wandering children

come home child

waiting for the water
waiting just to try

a new life
in the promised kingdom
but the walls are rising high
the walls are rising faster

Just want to try

to climb up in the pines
try to crumble all the vapid Kings with wine

with the wine of
Humility
and shrink their egos shark
don't let them have the bloody water
let their putrid egos die.
I was standing in your light
we'll send the truth to shock their systems
break their little minds.

Waiting just to try
waiting for the water

After all
we gathered charms
from all our destinations
tried to get em all

and
we kissed our hands
and touched the roof
at every orange light
trying to catch
some luck

could it be enough
going to need it now

going to need some luck
need a little bit of luck

we took a shot
as we crossed the line
of every state we drove into
Hoping that we could drink up enough
good fortune

though it seems
that we are running dry
is it enough to get by?

Yet, you always seem to find some fun
you got a store somewhere?
Are you holding out?

Cause I'm gonna need some luck
Just to get by

That's why we never spoke a word
of what we wished for
at every shooting star
every dandelion puff

you just let the wind have your dreams
can't cash in on those seeds?

Cause all I needed was some luck
All I needed was some love.