The Long White Line

[Intro]
[Verse]
Headlights cut the mountain fog
Muddy paws on a hollow log
The river took the general store
They promised us so much more
Now the silt is six feet deep
While the city suits are fast asleep
[Pre-Chorus]
I hold the trigger cold
Watching every lie unfold
[Chorus]
The flood won't wash the ghost
Of everything we loved the most
I lay the stripe down true
Tracing paths that we once knew
Grief don't dry in the sun
The work is never done
[Verse]
Miller’s porch is in the stream
Broken wood and a shattered dream
They sent a check that didn't clear
While we drowned in salt and fear
I see the marks on every wall
Waiting for the sky to fall
[Pre-Chorus]
I hold the trigger cold
Watching every lie unfold
[Chorus]
The flood won't wash the ghost
Of everything we loved the most
I lay the stripe down true
Tracing paths that we once knew
Grief don't dry in the sun
The work is never done
[Bridge]
We wove our lives in every street
Where the mountain and the valley meet
Now I'm tracing over scars
Beneath the cold and silent stars
The ink is thick, the road is wide
Nowhere left for us to hide
[Solo]
[Verse]
The yellow paint is thick and bright
Guiding ghosts through the black of night
A map of what they let decay
Before they turned and looked away
I count the miles of broken glass
Watching every shadow pass
[Chorus]
The flood won't wash the ghost
Of everything we loved the most
I lay the stripe down true
Tracing paths that we once knew
Grief don't dry in the sun
The work is never done
[Post-Chorus]
One line at a time
Paying for their crime
One line at a time
Until the hills are mine
[Outro]