Your hand on my knee
Radio off
And the whole world
In front of us
A welling up within my chest
It’s warm like joy
It burns like dread

How can a thing so pure
Leave me so defenseless?

It’s just the yellow line
And the glowing lights
Somewhere on the horizon
You and I will crest a hill
Into a dark unknown
I won’t give it power
Over this perfect moment
Driving in silence

The road beneath
Our breath between
The only sound
The sweetest peace
A flash of fear
Lights up the edge
Where blissful comfort
Becomes complacence

I raise my eyes to the stars
And praise them
For precious seconds

Drive on

words and music by Shannon Curtis
published by Shannon K (ASCAP)
all rights reserved; lyrics reprinted by permission