Track 1 of the album Platform Nine · 2012
Every Mile Is Pointed Home
“The headlights on a dark road are the closest thing I have to a film score of my own. The horn theme arrives at the first bend and stays to the end.”
classical crossover · classical crossover · film score · 4:09
Lyrics
Headlights cut a path through the dark Past the sleeping fields and the empty park Radio hums a song I used to know Twenty years of leaving, and now I go I've been in cities made of glass and light I've held a thousand strangers' hands at night But there's a porch light burning down the line And it's the only star I've ever called mine Faster now, the signs are turning Every mile has set me yearning Every mile is pointed home Whatever road I've wandered on Every mile is pointed home Through the dusk and into dawn I can smell the river and the rain I can hear the church bell chime again Every mile is pointed home And I'm not going to roam There's the bridge where we carved our names There's the field where we played our games Old hills rising soft against the sky Tell me, did you know I'd drive on by Faster now, the signs are turning Every mile has set me yearning Every mile is pointed home Whatever road I've wandered on Every mile is pointed home Through the dusk and into dawn I can smell the river and the rain I can hear the church bell chime again Every mile is pointed home And I'm not going to roam Slow down now, the gate swings wide There's a figure at the door inside Arms held open, light behind Every mile is pointed home Every mile is pointed home