Start the car
Check the mirror
Shut the door
Slot the gear
We leave tonight
Ain't nothin' but the stripes
Ain't nothin' but the stripes

See the light
Be the night
Feel the road
River rise, synchronize
Bleed some more
We leave tonight

If I'm uncivilized, child
That's okay
You're gonna see me light a fire
On my days
But you don't see me
You don't see me
You don't see me
I can't see you
Anymore

If all in vain, I call your name
As tho the end was near
A slow decay
A sad refrain
And then I disappear
We leave tonight
Ain't nothin' but the stripes

As those city lights die
I'm on my way
You're gonna see me light a fire
On my days
But you don't need me
You don't need me
You don't need me
I don't need you
Anymore