Roadside Memorial Lyrics

Its an image burned on plasma screens

That i can't seem to let go of

Its simmering in my memory

Till it bubbles up and over the top

I saw you in the classroom laughing

As if it bore no effect on you

After lunch i puked in the bathroom

I can only imagine the hell you've been through

Straight a's, straight laced, wrong time, wrong place

Wrong crowd to follow, no sun on this parade

Been through issues no one should sit through

And came out stronger, half as blue as the new bruise

I sit in bed and regrets no justice

The could'ves, should'ves on my chest stay there

Weighing down no escape route from this

A different route and you'd still be here

The sound of keys ringing in the mistake

As the engine barely turns over to say

Maybe you shouldn't, it really isn't safe

But i said to drive careful, then i turned away

Straight a's, straight laced, wrong time, wrong place

Wrong crowd to follow, no sun on this parade

Been through issues no one should sit through

And came out stronger, half as blue as the new bruise

Garden of the broken hearted

Rose discarded by the marker

Where you laid, where life got darker

Can not pause, save, quit, or restart it

All it took was bad decisions

Made one time, one night to give in

Peer pressure and a little liquor

Shrapnel had you cut to ribbons

Skin and asphalt an awful pairing

Blood streaming down the ditch and staining

The sun bleached road now dark blood spotted

Shoulder ornamented with a bright white cross there

Kids in class rattled, your name unspoken

Cause if they say it, their denial is broken

A mother somewhere clutching unwashed clothing

Of her only child, so she can breathe it all in