[Silence]
[Arrangement: Fast-tempo hard-rock with a steady traveling beat, chiming guitars, and a chorus that feels like staring at a road sign with no destination left on it]
[Intro]
One more mile
(Or so you swear)
One more sign
(Points nowhere)
One more turn
(Into the glare)
From there to where?
(From there is nowhere)
[Verse 1]
You left behind
(What used to be)
The flooded porch
(The dying tree)
The road washed out
(The field gone bare)
So now you’re headed
(From there to where?)
With half a tank
(And nerves pulled tight)
A trunk of clothes
(And one long night)
A paper map
(That tears too fast)
And no clear sense
(How long this lasts)
[Chorus]
You’re going
(From there to where?)
Not knowing
(How far we are)
Still moving
(Without a prayer)
From there to where?
(Totally unaware)
[Verse 2]
The shelter’s full
(The rent too high)
The next town says
(Just pass on by)
The border shifts
(The rules don’t care)
So tell me now
(From there to where?)
The kids fall asleep
(In the backseat heat)
The dashboard glows
(With no retreat)
And every mile
(Costs something more)
When every road
(Leads to closed doors)
[Refrain]
From there
(To where?)
From loss
(To where?)
From home
(To where?)
From here
(To where?)
[Bridge]
Displacement isn’t
(One straight line)
It loops and doubles
(Back through time)
A flood, a fire
(A failed crop year)
A move, return
(Then disappear)
And every answer
(Comes too late)
When maps are drawn
(By market fate)
You keep on driving
(Because you must)
Toward some place
(That still has trust)
[Instrumental]
[Clean guitar solo]
[Organ swell]
[Drum build]
[Final Chorus]
You’re going
(From there to where?)
Not knowing
(How far we are)
Still hoping
(There’s someplace there)
From there to where?
(No time to stop and stare)
You’re running
(And still nowhere)
From there to where?
[Outro]
One more mile
(Or so you swear)
One more sign
(Points nowhere)
One more turn
(Into the glare)
From there to where?
(To totally unaware)
From the album “Displacement“