Passenger

Lyrics

I woke beneath a fading sky
With strangers passing by my side
The signs were broken, names were gone
Still the wheels kept rolling on

I saw the places I had known
Like silent graves of days outgrown
Every window held a face
Of someone I could not replace

And somewhere in the dark ahead
I felt the weight of words unsaid
The mirror showed what I denied
A life I watched from the inside

On a road I never chose
I was only a passenger
Through the rain and through the ghosts
Of a life I can’t remember

On a road I never chose
I was only a passenger
With a stranger at the wheel
And no road leading home

The city lights were pale and thin
Like dying stars beneath my skin
I counted every lost mistake
And every promise left to break

The radio spoke in broken tones
A song that sounded like my own
But every line had lost its name
Nothing felt the same again

And somewhere past the last streetlight
I saw my shadow leave the night
It turned around and looked at me
As if it knew what I could be

On a road I never chose
I was only a passenger
Through the rain and through the ghosts
Of a life I can’t remember

On a road I never chose
I was only a passenger
With a stranger at the wheel
And no road leading home

Who took the wheel when I looked away?
Who taught my heart to drift and stay?
I gave my years to borrowed dreams
And disappeared by small degrees

But in the glass, I see my eyes
Still burning with a quiet light
One breath left to change the end
One last turn before I bend

On a road I never chose
I was only a passenger
Through the rain and through the ghosts
Of a life I can’t remember

On a road I never chose
I was only a passenger
But my hands are reaching now
For the wheel beneath the weather

On a road I never chose
I was only a passenger
If the night will take me down
I will face it as the driver

The rain keeps falling
But the road begins to clear
No voice is calling
Still I know why I am here