broken yolk in western sky my stomach turned my mouth went dry and i knew i d never know fear before i pressed my palms into the seat and with one last look at you next to me i kicked open the sliding door and i threw myself out on the road torn flesh and broken bones and in the shoulder s patchy grass i faded into your past i know it was a cowardly thing to do and that an explanation is not an excuse i just need you to understand my love is like some kind of greed of equal portions want and need and i cannot divorce the two i could not sleep at all with all the rumble strip close calls and in the gravel and scattered trash i faded into your past when you think twice you arrive at the same conclusion and it s bad advice only if you use it and then you disappeared from view and you became somebody new near the exit s overpass i faded into your past