If You Can Drive - Joshua James

A mild wind

Through the windows

Soft beams darkening the shadows

The smell of cottonwood trees through alpine

The temples breathe and glow into the hillside

I feel a tear in my stomach

I twist the wheel, you’re parked there in the last part

I turn around and shift into the third gear

Looking back, up to the front mirror

If you can drive, I wanna ride back to the beginning

If you can drive, I wanna ride back to the beginning

I follow close, to your tail lights

A little voice has questions on the short drive

I kept my mouth shut

Just focused on the pavement

It all felt natural, pretending that you’re fake-dead

And that ain’t broke, like sirens on the war scene

Sharp fingers clawing at the dead meat

I close my eyes, but couldn’t stop from staring

I didn’t just die, devoured by a nightmare

If you can drive, I wanna ride back to the beginning

If you can drive, I wanna ride back to the beginning

If you can drive, I wanna ride back to the beginning

If you can drive, I wanna ride back to the beginning

Tell me, I don’t want a life to end

Now or never

Here in life forever, to a song

Why you took a place in heaven

Leaving everything around to fade

The silence here without you

The silence without you

The silence without you