The Approaching Curve - Rise Against

The speakers gently seeped with sounds

Of ambient keyboards and light percussion

Creating a seductive soundtrack to our midnight drive

Through curtains of blackness

The windows were cold to the touch

Reflecting the icy conditions in our immediate extremity

Salt stains and fingerprints littered the glass

And streaks of melting snow cascaded down its length

The music pulsed louder, yet gentle

Like the far away squeal of a pot of boiling water

The skyline was glowing faintly with vague hints of an impending dawn

The car raced along a painfully straight stretch of road

And she hadn’t so much as turned the steering wheel

Two degrees in the last twenty minutes

Nor had we spoken

As we were, so perfect, so happy

They’ll remember, only our smiles cause that’s all they’ve seen

Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned

As we were, so perfect, so happy

«Why are you doing this?»

she spoke as if not expecting a response

Her voice penetrated the still air of our speechless drive

So suddenly that my heart had jumped

«I'm not doing anything,» I said, but I didn’t even believe that myself

«This is what’s best, for me, for you, for us,» or maybe just for me I thought

As a tear formed in the pit of her eye

The music poured through the speakers and

We were losing ourselves in the cadence

She looked down momentarily and closed her eyes for

A bit longer than a standard blink

Then she was crying.

Then she was shouting.

Then I was shouting

Now pouring confessions, having no answers, or solutions

We barely even knew the questions

As we were, so perfect, so happy

They’ll remember, only our smiles cause that’s all they’ve seen

Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned

As we were, so perfect, so happy

Don’t put me underground, I was meant for a life somewhere else

Please, love, give me the wheel, before both of our hearts you

Will steal tonight (will steal tonight)

As we were, so perfect, so happy

They’ll remember, only our smiles cause that’s all they’ve seen

Long since dried, when we are found, are the tears in which we had drowned

As we were, so perfect, so happy

Our cracking voices became part of the music.

The car pressed on faster through the night

As our voices lowered the cadence again overtook the air

Up ahead there was a curve approaching

She made no indications of slowing