Outskirts of Love

I'm on the outskirts of love,
The tank was busted long ago,
Sped away like destructive flames,
Gave me the time to take things slow,
Lines on the map led me nowhere,
But then I saw the stars that shined,
I knew the night was only there,
To make me feel like I could fly

I'm on the outskirts of love,
With headlights shining in my eyes,
One would think that they would blind me,
As I wait for the sun to rise,
Where are all those people headin'?
Do they know where this road leads,
For I can tell you if they do,
They don't know what they really need

I'm on the outskirts of love,
Everything had been outta place,
Til I made it past the wasteland,
Thinking nothin' could be replaced,
Was sitting burnt out like a star,
The night remained so cold and dim,
I remember it to the softest touch,
When I was away from everything

I'm on the outskirts of love,
Scorched and barren as a field,
A dragon in a fairytale,
Not pierced by a heart's cold steel,
Surrounded by cinders of the age,
The dust I picked up on the way,
I'll leave these ragged roads behind,
Believin' I would always stay

I'm on the outskirts of love,
I hated all I had become,
Sittin' there waitin' on the shore,
Where nothing good would ever come,
I could feel your arms around me,
They protect me from desert winds,
The outlands are no place for me,
And skeletons are wearing thin

I'm on the outskirts of love,
Where hitchhiking leads you nowhere,
Didn't know where I was headin'
Rear views busted beyond repair,
Looked back at the crossroad's wreckage,
And metal mangled out to drift,
And you latch to steering wheels,
When compasses are turns you've missed

I'm on the outskirts of love,
Planes fly over leaving trails,
Can't grasp them like the trapeeze swing,
Winds cut through a tattered sail,
I waited for the storms to clear,
The gales became a numbing sense,
I wish to feel them disappear,
Heading back into nothingness

I'm on the outskirts of love,
Shooting stars can't make it here,
And the headlights that I trusted,
And threw me out where tires seared,
And as I rolled where there were bodies,
Crushed by car crashes years ago,
Still lying there as I bled out,
Scarped up by the wreckage been towed

Took me in and threw me back out,
And as I rolled there were