My heart is racing, running down this road,
I can’t remember wrong from right. 
I’m riding shotgun to a single hope,
That I’ll just make it through this night.
Too late to turn around and take it back,
I set these wheels in motion down this track.

I just hope you’ll remember all I taught you to know
And one day you’ll understand why I had to go.

No use in holding on to what we had,
No use in raging at the night.
I could explain to you why things went bad, 
But it would never come out right. 
I thought that I could take what wasn’t mine,
There’s no turning back now, ‘cause I’ve crossed that line.

I just hope you’ll remember all I taught you to know
And one day you’ll understand why I had to go.

It’s not hard to fall when you’re walking a thin line,
And black and white’s much clearer from the outside,
When you’re caught up in that golden light,
It just might be the evening of your longest night.

I thought that I could make a better life,
Now I’m just runnin’ through this longest night.

I just hope you’ll remember all I taught you to know,
And one day you’ll understand.
I hope you’ll understand me.
One day you’ll understand why I had to go

(I hope you’ll remember all I taught you to know.)

And one day you’ll understand.
I hope you’ll understand me then.
One day you’ll understand why I had to go.