I can feel it slipping

An unexpected bloom, a gift

The hairs on the nape of my neck stand up

There's that dizzying, ears-back, tightening feeling

It's formless like the passenger who's seen it all before

This time though I can't line it up, I can imagine where it goes.

The contrast fades, the creases lie, and everything I've been chasing fades away

When the running slows, I'm not sure what's left

When the fighting goes, I'm lost and out of breath

When the struggle dies, I melt into the pavement

And I watch you, and I feel you walk away

Flying down the sidewalk

To the undeveloped lot across the street

There's a creek left running and enough ways down

You could still find God with one headlight out

Up the dirt hill, if you hold on, there's a open field with a half-paved road

To a black hole & a simple life & a home where the good ones go when they die

But in the best case, you won't find God, you're just driving circles around your neighborhood

Yeah, and everything you've been chasing fades away

When the running slows, I'm not sure what's left

When the fighting goes, I'm lost and out of breath

When the struggle dies, I melt into the pavement

And I watch you, and I feel you walk away