Towards the limit of maps The roads surrender to empty spaces The roofline seems to collapse into the evening I was asleep on the passenger’s side White as a ghost against a floodlit billboard Day casts different light upon those promises
But you know it’s true If you lived here, you’d be home now And yet don’t forget If you lived here, you’d be home now
Even the stereo sounds tired Here where the power poles look more like robot skeletons Slack-wired against the evening Let’s just drive until we’ve found somewhere There are more headstones in the cemetery Than houses in the town And never leave
’Cause you know it’s true If you lived here, you’d be home now And yet don’t forget If you lived here, you’d be home now
Tonight the cul-de-sacs are quiet The driveways don’t lead anywhere There’s no-one else awake We could trust our deepest secrets To the artificial lake We’re in no hurry anyway We both could use the break