[Verse 1 – Male]
Dash lit red
speed gauge climbing
Knuckles white
’cause my heart’s still bleeding
Helmet on
but my head’s wide open
You broke every word
that we ever were holding
Back road exit sign
but I blow right past it
Tell myself
let the throttle do the acting
Phone in my pocket
keeps buzzing your name
I ain’t hittin’ decline
I’m just leavin’ you rang
[Chorus – Both]
You’ll find me in a ditch on the side of this road
Headlights cold, engine quiet, story told
You tore me up, now I’m tearin’ down this line
This is what it looks like on the ditch side of goodbye
On the ditch side of goodbye
[Verse 2 – Female]
I hear your voice
in that last voicemail
Slurred words, loud pipes
like a death trail
Saying, “Watch the news
if you wanna see me”
You turned my cheating heart
to a concrete secret
I’m in my truck
chasin’ tail lights and thunder
Every mile marker
pullin’ me under
Radio preacher
sayin’ “turn back, son”
But the map in my chest
says the damage is done
[Chorus – Both]
You’ll find me in a ditch on the side of this road
Headlights cold, engine quiet, story told
You tore me up, now I’m tearin’ down this line
This is what it looks like on the ditch side of goodbye
On the ditch side of goodbye
[Bridge – Call & Response Rap]
[Male] Hundred on the highway
ghost in the mirror
Tears in my visor
road gettin’ nearer
Say a prayer
to a sky full of dust
If steel gonna take me
let it take all the trust
[Female] I’m yellin’ at the blue lights
“Please ride faster”
I built this mess
like a fire and gasoline disaster
If he hits that curve
like he hit my pride
All that’s left of my love
is a chalk white line
[Male – low vocal register]
If they call you first
when my body gets found
Tell ’em, “That boy chose
to lay his heart in the ground”
[Chorus – Both]
You’ll find me in a ditch on the side of this road
Headlights cold, engine quiet, story told
You tore me up, now I’m tearin’ down this line
This is what it looks like on the ditch side of goodbye
[Chorus – Both, [crescendo]]
[Chorus]