Preferred to be lost
by DmTooL
Lyrics
[Verse 1 - sparse acoustic guitar strums, gravelly male vocals with slight reverb, distant harmonica wail]
Wheels been turnin' for days on end, blacktop stretchin' into the night
Dust in my rearview, no map to pretend, chasin' shadows under pale moonlight
Eyes heavy as lead, sleepin' on the hard ground, stars my only roof above
Cold wind howlin' through these bones I've found, searchin' for a place that feels like love
[Chorus - slide guitar bends with heavy twang, driving upright bass and slow blues shuffle drums, weary baritone belt with echoey harmonies]
Where am I goin'? Don't know where I belong, this highway's my chain but it sets me free
Tired of the grind, that nine-to-five wrong, shackles too tight for a soul like me
I'm found in the lost, yeah, I like it that way, world's full of costs I ain't willin' to pay
Driftin' alone in the dark country blues, payin' with freedom what others refuse
[Verse 2 - fingerpicked resonator guitar, low mournful dobro slides, raspy whispers building to a growl]
Nothin' fits right in this cage of a life, suits and clocks tickin' away my fire
I'd rather freeze under stars with my knife, than trade my wild heart for their empire
Every mile marker's a debt I can't owe, freedom's the price but it's all that I've got
Cold bites deeper than the lies that they sow, but I'd walk this road 'til my boots give out hot
[Bridge - stripped to lone harmonica and faint banjo plucks, vulnerable falsetto croon fading into silence]
It's hard out here where the lost winds blow... everything's got a cost, don't you know...
[Chorus - intensified with wailing harmonica solo over gritty electric guitar distortion, full band stomp, desperate howl with stacked gospel blues backing vocals]
Where am I goin'? Don't know where I belong, this highway's my chain but it sets me free
Tired of the grind, that nine-to-five wrong, shackles too tight for a soul like me
I'm found in the lost, yeah, I like it that way, world's full of costs I ain't willin' to pay
Driftin' alone in the dark country blues... yeah, the dark country blues...
[Outro - fading slide guitar echoes, slowing heartbeat drums, distant train whistle and wind-swept whispers]
Driftin'... lost and free... cold stars callin' me...