Highway Thoughts

Soon the daylight comes, and the moon falls down into the dust
Too many midnight runs beneath the shadow of a million suns
I'm running on empty, my head is hanging low
As long as I'm breathing the wheels have got to roll
Started in the evening, ended in my prime
This death toll bell is still ringing in my mind

The words that you shout don't echo here
It's a tempting way to disappear

Who could have taught me my sins would follow me
Like a wolf in the desert, like a shark in the sea
And the air is dusty, not hot not cold
A numbing anaesthetic before the killing blow
I see your retribution was not what you had planned
A fitting resolution for everyone you damned
Your heartbeat is the only thing that you will ever hear
But soon that small comfort will also disappear

I'm walking down a road that has no end
But now I come up to the bend

Now I see my body lying on the road
And the car wreck is smoking about to explode
In this bloody sand I see the fading stars
Wishing me well to the land of the lost
Oh everything is lost
Everything is lost

Soon the daylight comes, the radio plays and the engine hums
Too many midnight runs beneath the shadow of a million suns
My mind is at the ready to see what I can find
This death toll bell is still ringing in my mind