Track 3 of the EP The Quiet Hands · 2014
The First Road Without Anyone Beside Me
“The first drive alone is a small orchestral event in any family. The horn lifts at the second verse, just like the clutch.”
neoclassical · neoclassical · film score · 3:37
Lyrics
The test is behind me, the paper is signed The instructor has stepped out and left me behind A key in my hand and an empty seat near And the whole afternoon stretches open and clear I adjust every mirror, I breathe and I wait Then ease off the handbrake and slip through the gate The hedgerows go by like a slow, golden tide And nobody's voice but my own is inside The first road without anyone beside me Soft as a song I have known all my life Hands at ten and two and the sky running wide And I am the driver, the road is my guide The first road without anyone beside me My father once stood by the gate in the rain And watched a small car roll away down the lane I pass the same gate and I lift up my hand For the one who is waving, I know, where I land Easy now, easy, the hills give way Every mile I travel is a gift of the day Nobody calling the turns I should take Just the hum of the road and the road I will make The first road without anyone beside me Soft as a song I have known all my life Hands at ten and two and the sky running wide And I am the driver, the road is my guide The first road without anyone beside me The road is my guide The first road