[Intro]
We've always uh, spent our entire life in music
Trying to run away from our um, our pasts
Like lots of people do in one way or another
Unfortunately it always comes with you

[Verse 1]
Lit up like a Christmas tree, the oil refinery glows in the night
And down by the shoreline the seagulls fly white, against the black
The great moon riding shotgun, rolling out across the veil of clouds
And you were small and lying awake, listening to the noises in the house

[Chorus]
With the best of them you ran, like all of us, in our season
Casting memory aside, your history all forgotten
Driven onwards through the years in love with each distraction
But all the while, the past is close behind
Just like headlights on your tail
Headlights on your tail

[Verse 2]
Your pulse is beating faster now, like a bird flying hard against the wind
Trying to understand all the crazed compulsions that you feel
And all the little jealousies and betrayals, they echo in the dark
And somewhere back through it all, the key is still turning in the lock
[Chorus]
Now the ghosts that you have laid, they all come out to greet you
The knowledge that you've gained, well, none of it protects you
You've been so very far, still peace will not embrace you
For all the while the past is close behind
Just like headlights on your tail
Headlights on your tail
Just like headlights on your tail
Headlights on your tail