Like a river

[Verse 1] Another sunrise tears the dark apart Another mile, another match-strike spark I count the hours like coins dropped in a well Like autumn leaves on frozen ground, they fell The radio just hums and moans and sighs A static pulse in broken bones and tired eyes [Chorus] If the highway shakes my bones like thunder Like a river over stones, I wonder Put your hand across my chest so still Like a harbor puts the sea to rest at will Let the engine fade to dust and rust Let the rust become my trust, my crust [Verse 2] I hold your name behind my teeth like seed A buried dream beneath the fallen leaves A coin I'll never trade or spend or lose A road that has no end, no way to choose The dashboard glows a sickly green and pale A lonely star in a dead machine's travail [Bridge] One day less to live, it's true I want you to be my sedative To drown the noise that sounds like you Be my sedative [Chorus] If the highway shakes my bones like thunder Like a river over stones, I wonder Put your hand across my chest so still Like a harbor puts the sea to rest at will Let the engine fade to dust and rust Let the rust become my trust, my crust [Outro] And every exit sign I pass alone Is a ghost that's trapped behind the glass and stone And every mirror shows the scar and stain Of a bee trapped in a jar of glass and rain