Thursday, June 5, 2008

The Wrong Exit

Driving in silence I take a look around

The carpool lane is empty I cannot hear a sound

The traffic is steady the drivers staring straight ahead

The lines on the road are much too straight

They tell me where to go

But I can’t get out of my own head

They say this is the narrow road

But why this feeling in my gut?

Shiny guardrails keep us from getting in a rut

If there was a stranger in a wreck

Would we leave him to die alone?

They say this is the narrow road

But I just want to go home

Bright billboards flash before my eyes

Giant pictures of who we’re supposed to be

I am hypnotized by exit signs

Offering comfort and security

We’ve paved this highway nice and smooth

Achieved all we set out to do,

Yet do we even know where we’re going?

They say this is the narrow road

But why this feeling in my gut?

Shiny guardrails keep us from getting in a rut

If there was a stranger in a wreck

Would we leave him to die alone?

They say this is the narrow road

But I just want to go home

Many will say they know it well

This road away from man made hell

Yet what will we find at the end of the day

When the headlights have faded away

And we’re left here alone

No more security

Miles behind us

Now we’re on empty.

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