She is the Road / i-95 (Live) Lyrics

The road is a woman

Called I-95

She's endless and warm

And I know she's alive

The road has no barriers

She begs me to drive

But I know she waits

Patiently

Til I arrive

My mirror stays foggy

I don't want to see

The outline of someone

I think I should be

The outline is someone

Who says I should stay off the road

So I exit

And I drive away

Oh, he lives in my head

And his world is so small

And I call him a king

But a king's bound to fall

I know what he'll tell me

(It's always the same)

He tells me I'm lonely

He tells me I'm lame

He says that I'll never

Feel safe in my home

Til I get rid of everything

I've ever known

You'll never be happy

(He says with a yawn)

Til you've got someone's home

And you're mowing their lawn

With somebody's children

And somebody's wife

In some other somewhere

In some other life

Oh, the king in my head

Makes the world seem so small

But the king in my head

He knows nothing at all

My life is simple

But not very fun

I like to start fires

Through wires I've run

I'll put down the pliers

If I think she's the one

Then I go and I throw my heart

Into the sun

Why do I like starting fires for fun?

Why try rewire these wires I've run?

I stare at the walls

That I've built with my hands

A home off the road

By the sea on the sand

Oh, the king in my head

Has a mouthful of lies

The king cares not about the tears

Flooding my eyes

Nobody guides me

Down nobody's road

In nobody's nowhere

With no one to hold

The road has no barriers

So the road sets me free

And I feel like somebody

That used to be me

I don't want to miss her

But I miss her so

She showed me what life is

And how to let go

She teaches me

Volumes and virtues

She sees

The outline of someone

I think I could be

Oh, the king had his day

But the king's got to go

For the road is my lover

And she is the road

Oh, I know who I am

And I feel so alive

When I'm out with my woman

The I-95