Streetlights blur, another exit sign I missed

Guess I'm just good at taking wrong turns, you insist

We had a map, all highlighted in your favorite shade

Said these were the rules of the road, the promises we made

Remember late-night talks on your fire escape?

Tracing constellations, dreaming of an escape

From all the noise, all the shoulds and shouldn'ts we outran

Now the echoes of your laughter feel miles across this land

Rules of the road, you wrote them all in bold

Said keep your heart locked, let the story stay untold

But hearts ain't cars, baby, they don't just steer and brake

Mine crashed and burned, leaving only this heartache

GPS on repeat, recalculating all the time

Trying to find the way back to that feeling, that sublime

Moment when your hand fit perfectly in mine, no question

Before the detours, the blockades, the unspoken lessons

We built this highway on whispered secrets in the dark

Thought our love was a bullet train, leaving its shining mark

But somewhere down the line, the tracks just split and veered

Now I'm stranded on this shoulder, with all these unshed tears, yeah

Rules of the road, you wrote them all in bold

Said keep your heart locked, let the story stay untold

But hearts ain't cars, baby, they don't just steer and brake

Mine crashed and burned, leaving only this heartache

Maybe I missed the fine print, the asterisks you hid

The parts where love gets lost, where promises get skidded

Maybe the rules were always meant for one to obey

And the other to just drive away, drive away

Now the engine's cold, the radio just static hums

Every mile marker a reminder of where we've come undone

And all the road signs point to leaving you behind

But the ghost of your hand in mine, it still messes with my mind

Rules of the road, you wrote them all in bold

Said keep your heart locked, let the story stay untold

But hearts ain't cars, baby, they don't just steer and brake

Mine crashed and burned, leaving only this heartache... oh...