Things We Never Learn

Black top prayer, smoke in the air
Everybody runs, but nobody gets there
Red lights burn, cold wheels turn
We trade what we love
For the things we never learn
Never learn
Never learn
Dry river bed
Neon overhead
Paper in our hands
Promises are dead
Faces in a line
Running out of time
Everybody wants more
Bye bye bye bye bye
In the air
Everybody runs
But nobody gets there
Red lights burn
Cold wheels turn
We trade what we love
For the things we never learned
Keep driving, don't look down
Same old road
Same old town
Same old town
Gold in their hands
Fear in their eyes
Selling tomorrow one piece at a time
No broken machine
No simple mistake
We built this road with every choice we made
Black top prayer, smoke in the air
Everybody runs, but nobody gets there
Red lights burn, cold wheels turn
Cold wheels time
We trade what we love
For the things we never learned
Black top prayer
Nothing is fair
Everybody's moving
Where are we going from here
Black top print
Keep moving
Black top print
Never learn
Keep driving
Same old road
Black top brain