Headlight Halo

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dashboard glow on my tired skin
Thinking 'bout the mess that you were in
Hospital halls had a heavy scent
Wondering where all the good years went
I saw the wires and the cardiac trace
But I saw the spirit still in your face
You cracked a joke through a swollen lip
While I held your hand in a steady grip
Now I'm back on the I-95
Just so grateful that you're still alive
Six hundred miles in a silver frame
Whispering a prayer to your middle name
[Pre-Chorus]
Empty road under velvet skies
I can see the truth with my open eyes
We don't need a map for where we go
Everything we feel is what we already know
[Chorus]
It’s an unspoken bond in the dead of night
Guiding me home by the dashboard light
Years may pass and the seasons change
But the love we carry never feels strange
Distance is a ghost that we can’t see
You’re always right here next to me
Yeah, you’re always right here next to me
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, the miles are fading
Ooh, no more waiting
Just a headlight halo on the asphalt floor
I couldn't ask for nothing more
[Verse]
Remember back in '09 by the creek?
Board snapped in half, we didn't eat for a week
Sipping on a Slurpee, sitting on the curb
Living every moment, didn't need a word
We were baggy jeans and the thrift store shirts
Learning how the world and the concrete hurts
Now the metal’s twisted and the glass is thin
But you found a way to let the light back in
I’m hitting every beat of the 808
Leaving all the sorrow at the garden gate
You're the brother that I chose to keep
While the rest of the world is fast asleep
[Pre-Chorus]
Empty road under velvet skies
I can see the truth with my open eyes
We don't need a map for where we go
Everything we feel is what we already know
[Chorus]
It’s an unspoken bond in the dead of night
Guiding me home by the dashboard light
Years may pass and the seasons change
But the love we carry never feels strange
Distance is a ghost that we can’t see
You’re always right here next to me
Yeah, you’re always right here next to me
[Bridge]
Soft piano keys in a hazy room
Breaking through the silence and the heavy gloom
Life is just a vapor, here then it’s gone
I’m just glad I’m driving to the break of dawn
Thanking every star for a second chance
Watching all the shadows in a rhythmic dance
I’m coming home with a heart so full
Feeling the magnetic, eternal pull
[Chorus]
It’s an unspoken bond in the dead of night
Guiding me home by the dashboard light
Years may pass and the seasons change
But the love we carry never feels strange
Distance is a ghost that we can’t see
You’re always right here next to me
Yeah, you’re always right here next to me
[Outro]