Twin Human Highway Flares

You turned to me and asked me if I'd always be your boy

As we drove across the river into western Illinois

And on the railroad bridge, half a mile of solid steel

Wheels were spitting out sparks, scraping at the rails

Wind in your hair, alright

Sunset spilling through the rear window

Your white t-shirt hugging your shoulders

Beaded with sweat

On the day that I become so forgetful

That all of this melts away

I will burn all the calendars that counted the years down

To such a worthless day

As we walked across the parking lot towards the motel office

We were walking with a benediction on us

Light was everywhere, the building stood against the sky

Like a monument to desperation, two floors high

A mile and a half from the river

We went back to the car to get our overnight bags

Sunset spilling through your earrings

All over your body

When we shut the motel room door behind us

We knew we'd hit the motherlode

On the day that I forget you

I hope my heart explodes