[Verse 1]
I drove you South through the landscape that you love
All those medieval towns with the cobbled stones
Washed by the blood of the martyrs
In the last great stand of the true believers
The hilltop villages baking in the afternoon sun
The walls pocked with old bullet holes
And the iron and stone that broke the people's backs
All laid out for the tourists
I've always considered it best
Never to disturb ghosts
But it seems that women always want to go straight to the heart of things
And as you said, you have your reasons

[Chorus]
And the roads are like the lines in the palm of my hand
Wearing deeper and dividing
And for 3 a.m. confessions the safest place that I know
Is here between departing and arriving
But never arriving

[Verse 2]
There was that club we used to go to
Way out by the park where the music was loud
And the corners were dark
And we'd sit in those corners like some kind of witches' coven
We were so young and brave, always looking for trouble
It's easy to find it when you're looking for trouble
We'd take on all-comers and when no more would come
We'd take on each other
So when that phone call came I wasn't really so surprised
I set off with good intentions but soon I was lost
And the signs were all graffitied out
And the compass needle spinning and spinning
[Chorus]
And the roads are like the lines in the palm of my hand
Wearing deeper and dividing
And for 3 a.m. confessions the safest place that I know
Is here between departing and arriving
But never arriving
But never arriving
But still, still, never arriving

[Bridge]
And now I've seen the very worst that you can be
And you'd have been witness to the same of me
Somehow by now it should easy to forgive
Everything that happened

[Outro]
Back on the roads that are like the lines in the palms of our hands
Wearing deeper and dividing
And for cowards like me, the safest place that we know
Is here between departing and arriving
But never arriving
But never arriving
But never arriving
But never arriving

[Spoken Outro]
We'll play you something really cool
And very old
And still very true, I think