Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Dusty road beneath my boots, that old town fades away,
I'm trading barns and silos for the city’s neon haze.
Your face was in the rearview, blurred by unshed tears,
Leaving home and leaving you, my heart’s been cracked for years.

[Chorus]
Oh, the nights will feel so hollow, the stars won't shine as bright,
Your laughter echoing in my mind cuts deep in darkest nights.
I’ll carry this regret, love, like a suitcase full of pain,
The further that I drive away, the closer I want to stay.

[Verse 2]
We danced beneath the water tower, held hands by the creek,
You spoke of love forever—words I’m too afraid to keep.
The job calls loud, the city screams, the money says, “Go on,”
But I’m paying in our memories ‘cause soon they'll all be gone.

[Chorus]
Oh, the nights will feel so hollow, the stars won't shine as bright,
Your laughter echoing in my mind cuts deep in darkest nights.
I’ll carry this regret, love, like a suitcase full of pain,
The further that I drive away, the closer I want to stay.

[Bridge]
I wrote goodbye on paper, left it folded on the chair,
I couldn’t face your teardrops or that hurt you'd show you care.
The horizon may hold promise, but it’s losing what I found,
I’m trading in my soul, babe, for the sights of some new town.

[Chorus]
Oh, the nights will feel so hollow, the stars won't shine as bright,
Your laughter echoing in my mind cuts deep in darkest nights.
I’ll carry this regret, love, like a suitcase full of pain,
The further that I drive away, the closer I want to stay.