40 Minutes

40 minute drive, where I seem to find peace

If I pour to you what I hold true, could you lie to me?

You see, you remind me of the parts of me that doesn’t exist

And I’ll let you put black ink in the places I’ve missed

You told me once, and I told myself twice

And I want to tell myself that I’ll be fine

I want to do better, so I feed myself lies

But be sure to taste your words before you spit them out and they see the light

30 minute drive, how I feel most like myself

Don’t tell me when you change your mind, and I’ll figure it out

I said three words, but I mean five

And the world’s a better place when I’m happy

I needed you to let me down one more time

But some people have such mean smiles, but yours is oh so kind

20 minute drive, I’m sorry I left and didn’t say goodbye

You see, I can never choose my grip when I’m around you

10 minute drive, words can be warm

But when one uses them like you do, I can’t listen anymore

I almost learned to be cold, like this winter taught me to do

And I never thought that through all that, I could learn to live without you

I want to be in a world where the sky’s always clear

The sun is out, pressed on me, with you always near

5 minutes drive, the world’s a better place when I’m happy

AG, a song written in 2018