Route 999 from Wood Anniversary by Hello Whirled

we met outside Sharps Bush to figure out what's coming next
a sudden pop emergency or a standard lovers test
the end was at our wits and we were losing strength by day
but our weakness meant we couldn't find the words to say

why can't I ever get a hold on you?

by candlelight we drew the line and wrote above it our prayers
witness to a miracle heralded by a crowd of flares
a flash of light, a cloud of mist, a gasp of awe, and
in the shadows I could tell that, somehow, you had suddenly gone

why can't I ever get a hold of you?

the town could gather all they wanted, there was never a chance
in hell or even heaven that you would surface soon
and so I held my head resigned that we could never make it work
but like a misty blue balloon I knew that one day you'd come back

one day the news said they'd found a body inside the First Town Mall
behind the stores where only employees walked to bring out hauls
of cardboard and paper and other waste for the dumpsters outside
and I hoped, that day, that every newscaster in the world had lied

I could have sworn you knew it true

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