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(Hey) I'm driving down a dusty road
(Hey)I've got nowhere to go
(Hey) No place that I can call my own
On and on this road is burning
(Break away) I'm leaving all this crap behind
(Break away) The past is gone the future's blind
(Break away) Don't care how long it takes this time
On and on I'll take the long way home
The long way home
The long way home
If it's for me it's on the way home
(Hey) Like fragments of a broken mind
(Hey) I splinter by my own design
(Hey) The search is not a waste of time
On and on this road keeps burning
(Break away) My hands are glued upon the wheel
(Break away) The road ahead is all I feel
(Break away) The only thing left that's real
On and on I'll take this long way home
The long way home
The long way home
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own
What lies ahead you can not find for me
On and on I'll take the long way home
The long way home
The long way home
If it's for me it's on the way home
The long way home
I'll take the long way home
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own
(Hey)I've got nowhere to go
(Hey) No place that I can call my own
On and on this road is burning
(Break away) I'm leaving all this crap behind
(Break away) The past is gone the future's blind
(Break away) Don't care how long it takes this time
On and on I'll take the long way home
The long way home
The long way home
If it's for me it's on the way home
(Hey) I splinter by my own design
(Hey) The search is not a waste of time
On and on this road keeps burning
(Break away) My hands are glued upon the wheel
(Break away) The road ahead is all I feel
(Break away) The only thing left that's real
On and on I'll take this long way home
The long way home
The long way home
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own
The long way home
The long way home
If it's for me it's on the way home
The long way home
I'll take the long way home
I will go alone
I will go and find it on my own
Song Info
Submitted by
shmeeper On Apr 09, 2004
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god, meaning or not this song is friggin awesome. the drum solo about 45 secons is amazing
best song of splinter
Best drum solo ever at :45
Life is best lived when you're allowed to live the way you want to.
It's his fate/destiny, no one else can find it for him. What is supposed to happen to him will happen "If it's for me it's on the way home".
Like Regos_the_Sane said: Totally fate/destiny. And how people these days are all about finding the short cuts and niches, yet he chooses to take his time and explore:
"(Hey) The search is not a waste of time"
I can totally relate to this because I am a late bloomer and I chose to hit my weaknesses and explore and question everything, before finally becoming myself.
And always remember this: While others may say that you're taking the long way when you search for yourself, it truly is the shortest way. Life is a dream. It's meant to be exploited. Life isn't fair. So make it unfair in your favor.
Just keep the good heart.
"Life is best lived when you're allowed to live the way you want to."
No one could have possibly put that any better.