Parallel Routes

There's a distance I can't name. Miles that don't exist on maps. You're beside me, I'm alone. Two directions, same collapse. We don't talk about the fracture. Just keep driving through the dark. Parallel routes we never cross. Same road but never the same. Parallel routes, we count the cost Of running beside, Not away. Every exit looks the same. Every choice already made. I can see you in the lane. Right there, but out of frame. We don't mention what we're missing. Just keep moving through the dark. Parallel routes we never cross. Same road but never the same. Parallel routes, we Count the cost Of running beside, Not away. Maybe there's a junction coming. Maybe there's a merge ahead. But the signs keep saying nothing. And we follow them instead. Parallel Routes we never cross. Same road but never the same. Parallel routes, we count the cost Of running beside, Not away. Beside, not away. Beside, not away.