Story Behind The Song

The story is a man gets pulled over on I-20, for speeding ... then suddenly has to come to grips with the fact that he is also drunk and about to be arrested. That kind of moment will bring one of those "moments of clarity" to a person. An in a moment

Song Description

Man is all worked up and drunk and hits the highway at high velocity. He gets pulled over, it is the depths of summer, and he fails a sobriety test. He has time to reflect on things and as he begins to come to terms with the situation, begins to reg

Lyrics

My life is pulling over
Rifle through all my I.D.
Police lights, they want to know why
I'm racing at such a break-neck speed

A mess of trouble saw me coming
burst of passion wounded me
Now I'm blinded by a spotlight
I'm all lit up as you can see

And my dreams just seem to bring me down
Cause I'm supposed to be much more
than I've become by now
I'm being exposed, dreaming up
a life that's glory bound
But it's time I hit the breaks
obey the state
and get my fee back on the ground


My life is pulling over
into the grass of I-20
Fireflies of hot July
Picking fights with Wild Turkey

A mess of trouble saw me coming
Stepping out a dizzy bee
Walk a line it's like a tightwire
alphabet and start with Z

And my dreams just seem to bring me down
Cause I'm supposed to be much more
than I've become by now
I'm being exposed, dreaming up
a life that's glory bound
But it's time I hit the breaks
Time has raised the stakes
and get my fee back on the ground

Heaven knows that I'm a coming
living for eternity
but paradise is only so wide
the other side is still tempting me

And my dreams just seem to bring me down
Cause I'm supposed to be much more
than I've become by now
I'm being exposed, dreaming up
a life that's glory bound

And my dreams just seem to bring me down
Cause I'm supposed to be much more
than I've become by now
I'm being exposed, dreaming up
a life that's glory bound
But it's time I hit the breaks
obey the state
and get my fee back on the ground