Mile Marker Blues
Journey Through Mile Marker Blues: A Tale of Redemption and Reflection
Lyrics
Windshield time makes ya punch drunk
Extended periods of driving make you feel disoriented or dazed.
Guilt hangs down like the West Texas stars
Feelings of guilt weigh heavily, akin to the abundance of stars visible in West Texas.
Turn on the radio
Switch on the radio.
A white liner fall behind-er dot on a map and I'm looking west
Following a highway route marked by a white line, contemplating heading west.
See your ghost on my breath
Seeing remnants or memories of someone ('your ghost') when exhaling in the cold.
And ya lie to yourself it's been going around
Deluding oneself into believing a falsehood that is circulating.
It's the same old news mile marker blues
Feeling stuck in a repetitive cycle of dissatisfaction or sadness while on the road.
Just want to come back home to you
Desire to return home to a specific person.
Mile marker blues
Continued experience of dissatisfaction or sadness marked by mile markers on the road.
Columbian sunrise greases the wheels
Reference to a type of cocaine ('Columbian sunrise') facilitating movement or progress.
The pedal's pinned to the floor
Driving at full speed, not holding back.
Parking lot troubadour
Someone who performs music in parking lots, possibly feeling transient or rootless.
Just a tumbleweed caught in a fence
Feeling stuck or trapped, akin to a tumbleweed caught in a fence.
Hang around 'til the wind kicks up again
Waiting around until circumstances change, similar to waiting for the wind to move a tumbleweed.
Just letting your soul drain out
Slowly losing energy or vitality, possibly due to prolonged dissatisfaction.
And ya lie to yourself it's been going around
Continuing to believe in a falsehood that's circulating.
It's the same old news mile marker blues
Feeling trapped in a recurring cycle of dissatisfaction marked by mile markers on the road.
Just want to come back home to you
Yearning to return home to a specific person despite the ongoing cycle of dissatisfaction.
Mile marker blues
Repeated experience of feeling trapped or unsatisfied, as denoted by mile markers on the road.
Looking at you stranger is like looking at myself
Seeing a stranger who reflects oneself, feeling directionless without any need to prove oneself.
Without a thing to prove seems so aimless
Appearing purposeless or without a defined direction.
And ya lie to yourself it's been going around
Continuing to believe in a falsehood that's circulating.
It's the same old news mile marker blues
Feeling trapped in a recurring cycle of dissatisfaction marked by mile markers on the road.
Just want to come back home to you
Longing to return home to a specific person despite the ongoing cycle of dissatisfaction.
Mile marker blues
Continued experience of feeling trapped or unsatisfied, as denoted by mile markers on the road.
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