Night Signal - Ghost In The Rearview

I Packed my life into the back seat
Tank is full, sun’s coming up
That town sign’s fading in the distance
And I swear I won’t look back, but
There’s your street, there’s the diner
Where we spent those late night hours
Every mile I’m driving faster
From the person I don’t want to be anymore

I don’t know where I’m headed
But I know I can’t stay
I feel the old hands trying to grab me
So I press down and pull away

You’re just a ghost in the rearview now
This town, these chains, I’m breaking out
Every memory that held me down
Getting smaller as I leave this ground
I’m chasing something I can’t see
But it’s gotta be better than what’s behind me
I’ll figure it out somehow
You’re just a ghost in the rearview now

Mama cried when I told her I was leaving
Said I’m running from my problems, not solving them
Maybe she’s right, maybe I’m a coward
But staying felt like dying slow and I’m
Done apologizing for the space I need
Done living small in a place that can’t hold me
The GPS says six more hours
To a city where nobody knows my name

I’m terrified but I’m alive
For the first time in days
Hands on the wheel, heart in my throat
And I still won’t turn back

You’re just a ghost in the rearview now
This town, these chains, I’m breaking out
Every memory that held me down
Getting smaller as I leave this ground
I’m chasing something I can’t see
But it’s gotta be better than what’s behind me
I’ll figure it out somehow
You’re just a ghost in the rearview now

All my friends think I’ve lost my mind
Left a good job, left a decent life
But they don’t know how it feels to suffocate
In a place where everybody knows your mistakes
Where they see who you were, not who you could be
Where the walls close in on your dreams
I had to go, I had to try
I had to save my own life

Radio’s playing something unfamiliar
The sky looks bigger than it did back home
My hands are shaking on the steering wheel
But for once I’m scared and not alone
With the weight of who I’m supposed to become
Instead of who I was told to be

You’re all ghosts in the rearview now
This hurt, this shame, I’m breaking out
Every voice that held me down
Fading out like a distant sound
I don’t know who I’m gonna be
But I’m driving toward a version that’s free
I’ll figure it out somehow
You’re just a ghost in the rearview now

Getting smaller in the mirror
Getting lighter as you disappear
Just ghosts in the rearview
Just ghosts in the rearview now

Moonlight Blues 02/06/2026