Verse 1
Gas pump clicks. Receipt in hand. Two towns over. No one knows my plan. Motel key. Plastic tag. Familiar weight inside my bag.
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Track 08 · Wildflower & Rust
The Places in Between
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Meaning gathers in motel rooms, empty highway miles, and the silence between songs. The overlooked spaces are not delays in the journey; they are where Calla begins to recognize herself.
Written and produced by Tulio Costa · Performed by Calla Hayes
Official lyrics
The Places in Between
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Verse 2
Cracked ceiling. Flickering light. A restless dog across the night. Ice machine. Humming low. A sound I've come to know.
Pre-Chorus
The highlight reel is just a lie. The real truth passes by. In between the breaths I take. Between the moves I make.
Chorus
I found myself in the places in between. Not the mountains, not the neon gleam. In the static on the dial. The empty highway for a mile. In the quiet I've never seen. That's where I've been. In the places in between.
Verse 3
Burnt coffee. Folded map. A crack in the glass, a tiny gap. Motel bible. Never read. Echoes of words I should have said.
Verse 4
Two exits. Same fast food. A cloud that looks like nothing good. A payphone. No one calls. I trace my name on foggy walls.
Pre-Chorus
The milestones always feel too staged. The real script's on the page I never turn, I never fold. The story's in the quiet hold.
Chorus
I found myself in the places in between. Not the mountains, not the neon gleam. In the static on the dial. The empty highway for a mile. In the quiet I've never seen. That's where I've been. In the places in between.
Bridge
There's a two-minute silence between songs on the radio. There's a three-second pause before I let myself go. I used to rush through those gaps. I used to call them waste. Now I stop and taste the space. The in-between. The quiet grace. Of not arriving, not yet leaving. Just breathing. Just believing.
Outro
The places in between... (That's where I live) The places in between... (What I forgive) The places in between... (What I give) In between...