You start the car, and I'll pack the sandwiches
Maybe we'll miss the rain
The side of the road, the edge of tomorrow
Trading spots again
I'm still infatuated
I'm feeling obligated
My mind's a million miles away, I'm sorry
The day starts at 2:00, and the worst part
Is that I'm pretending that I'm feeling half alive
I think I sold my name

Driving down the interstate alone
With a ghost I'm naming after you

You blame your mother, and I'll blame California
For being too damn bright
Gunning the car, home for The Winter Rush
And seven months of sleep

I miss the nightly readouts of all the things we spewed out
I sold my memory just to buy us coffee
The day starts at 2:00, and the worst part
Is that I'm pretending that I'm feeling half alive
I think I sold my name

Driving down the interstate alone
With a ghost I'm naming after you

Driving down the interstate alone
With a ghost I'm naming after you

I started to want things, I held them up high
I got it, I flaunted, it left me uptight
If I say it, I mean it, I'll speak it outright
I'll take it, I'll save it, I'll make it all mine

Somewhere, it's out there, and I will hold it closer I swear
Somewhere, you're out there, and I will hold you closer I swear


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    What an awesome song.

    BigHeinousAnuson February 09, 2006   Link
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    oh man i love this song

    wasao2uon April 02, 2006   Link
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    Most played song on my iTunes, at nine hundred some, it's freaking amazing.

    Faroolon April 03, 2006   Link
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    Most played song on my iTunes, at nine hundred some, it's freaking amazing.

    Faroolon April 03, 2006   Link
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    This song is unadulterated beauty.

    peonyandoceanon May 15, 2006   Link
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    gah, I could honestly claw this song to death and still not get nearly enough... so anyone wanna take a stab at the meaning?? or are we just gonna contunue commenting on how utterly amazing it is?

    makemesmileon May 20, 2006   Link
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    this song is so ver beautiful.. but i cant find the lyric for " abook and no disaster" someone has some work to do..

    andimeetsberlinon May 26, 2006   Link
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    I think that this song probably is about depression and just not feeling like your self. feelings of guilt/regret/shame.

    coootiequeenon October 03, 2008   Link

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