Only The Distance

Verse 1

The room was almost empty

Verse 1

The room was almost empty

The city had gone blue

I watched the glass reflecting

A version without you

I thought the road would change me

I thought the miles would mend

But every line behind me

Keeps turning back again

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need an answer

I just need the truth

Was I chasing freedom

Or only losing you?

Chorus

Only the distance

Only the dark

Only your name

Still leaving a mark

I crossed every border

I followed the lights

But nothing gets farther

Than you in my mind

Only the distance

Only the night

You were the reason

I kept driving by

I thought I was leaving

I thought I was free

But every road opened

And led back to me

Instrumental Refrain

Back to me

Back to me

Verse 2

The signs became a language

I never learned to read

Every town was different

Every silence sounded like me

I kept the window open

To let the cold come through

Because the air felt honest

In a way I never knew

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need forgiveness

I know what I became

Someone moving forward

While looking back your way

Chorus

Only the distance

Only the dark

Only your name

Still leaving a mark

I crossed every border

I followed the lights

But nothing gets farther

Than you in my mind

Only the distance

Only the night

You were the reason

I kept driving by

I thought I was leaving

I thought I was free

But every road opened

And led back to me

Breakdown

Maybe love is not a place

Maybe leaving leaves a trace

Maybe all the miles between

Only show us what we mean

Maybe time was never kind

Maybe I was only blind

Maybe every road I chose

Was another way back home

Final Chorus

Only the distance

Only the dark

Only your name

Still leaving a mark

I crossed every border

I followed the lights

But nothing gets farther

Than you in my mind

Only the distance

Fading from view

All of that motion

Still carried me to you

I thought I was leaving

I thought I was free

But every road opened

And led back to me

Outro

Back to me

Back to me

Every road opened

And led back to me