The Map Was a Lie

The X was drawn by a hand I should have read.

Verse 1 Folded paper on the dash, coffee ring for a town Three roads in, two roads out, one of them goes down Crew of strangers in a diner booth at four Each one watching the salt and not the door Driver's seat is mine because nobody else will sit Where the windshield tells you everything you did There's a back way marked in pen that I don't know Penmanship too careful for a man who plans to go

Pre-Chorus Every line Drawn too clean Somebody sketched What I haven't seen

Chorus The map was a lie, the map was a lie Somebody drew me a place to die I followed the ink like a fool follows fire The map was a lie and I'm already inside

Verse 2 Timing's off by a beat the way a setup breathes Lookout's too relaxed for a man who really sees They gave me the route but they kept the radio code They gave me the gun but they walked me down the road My brother drew this corner, I would know his sevens anywhere He always crossed them like a threat, like a dare I trace it with my thumb in the green dashboard glow And I understand the thing a brother's hand can show

Pre-Chorus Every line Drawn too clean Somebody sketched What I haven't seen

Chorus The map was a lie, the map was a lie Somebody drew me a place to die I followed the ink like a fool follows fire The map was a lie and I'm already inside

Bridge You don't draw a man a road unless you've already walked the end of it. You don't hand him the keys unless you want the car found somewhere you already named. The map was a lie, the map was a lie Somebody drew me a place to die I followed the ink like a fool follows fire The map was a lie and I'm already inside

Outro Already inside

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