Left In A Rearview

Engine humming.

Sun coming up.

Everything behind me getting smaller.

White lines rolling underneath these tires,

Radio low, sunrise catching fire,

Got a couple old pictures in the passenger seat,

Memories of people who ain’t riding with me.

Used to carry every goodbye like weight,

Every bad night, every mistake,

But this highway taught me something tonight—

You can’t move forward staring behind.

So I’m leaving it all in the rearview mirror,

Every heartbreak disappearing clearer,

Every roadblock, every wasted year,

Getting smaller every mile from here.

I don’t hate where I’ve been,

It taught me how to start again,

But the highway’s calling and I’m shifting gears,

Leaving yesterday in the rearview mirror.

Passed the old exits I used to know,

Thought about stopping, but I kept going,

Some places feel like home till you outgrow ‘em,

Some people leave lessons without even knowing.

I’ve carried anger farther than I should,

Held onto things that never did me good,

Tonight I’m letting that baggage fall,

Open road ahead, I don’t need it at all.

Maybe healing ain’t forgetting where you’ve been,

Maybe it’s remembering without going back again.

Maybe freedom sounds like tires on pavement,

And finally accepting you can’t change what happened.

I’m leaving it all in the rearview mirror,

Old ghosts getting smaller, future getting nearer,

No more pulling over for yesterday’s tears,

I’m chasing tomorrow through another gear.

I appreciate every road I’ve known,

But some chapters weren’t meant to follow me home.

Windows down, new horizon appearing—

Goodbye yesterday…

Stay in the rearview mirror.