I've been watching you this whole trip out the corner of my eye
I've been hoping that you'd notice so you'd know that I had tried
To get us out of our hometown, to get us somewhere new
But now I've come to realize that's not what you want to do
You only want to turn around and retread charted ground,
You only want to watch the stars and never hear a sound,
But with all the noise that's built up on the inside of your head
You'll never get to listen to all the things I should have said

And you'll never get to know that I did everything for you
And you'll never want to run away to somewhere bright and new
You'll only want to tell me every wrong turn that I've made
While I look out and wish our destination wouldn't always change
You always want me to point you towards some new thing to see
You've never time enough to stop and force your gaze on me
But still I hope our sightseeing will never reach an end
So I can remember postcards from all the places that we've been

Why are you looking?
Why can't you see?
Why keep on running
Away from me?
We've traveled so far
And all this to say
If you'll never want me,
Then send me away.

The sky, it never looked so bright as in the glimmer of your eyes
Your eyes, they never looked so dark as when they met with mine
Our minds, never so convoluted as when they intertwined
Your lies, never so sweet to hear as when you said you're fine.
Upon a shooting star I wished that you'd give everything to me,
But superstition never gave a glimpse of what our lives could be,
It never let us swerve out from between these fine white lines,
It never let me keep my gaze when your eyes met with mine.

It never let me save you from your own personal nightmares,
It never let you see that I was always waiting there,
To pull you out, to start anew, to change our ways for good,
But somehow I think I've always known that you never really would,
And that you'd never feel content to drive with windows all rolled down,
And that you'd never want to run away from our familiar old hometown,
And that you'd never want to speculate about what lies above
And that you'd never want to demonstrate your own undying love.

Why am I looking?
Why can't I see?
That you keep on running
Away from me?
We've traveled so far
And all this to say
You'll never want me,
So send me away.