In "Roadkill," Avery Anna sings about being left shattered by a lover and rescued just before giving up. The new love arrives like an angel on asphalt, steady and gentle where the old one was reckless, and the image of roadkill captures how close she came to staying broken on the roadside. Cinnamon sweetness and the valley where crows once circled mark the turn from despair to being loved back to life.
Roadkill Lyrics by Avery Anna
You looked me dead in the eyes and you knew that I was broken
‘Cause my lover, he left me to rot out here in the open
I don’t know where you’re goin’ but I wanna ride with you
You’re like an angel on asphalt and I was all hell bound and hopeless
But you’re sweet like cinnamon
I could’ve been half dead breathin’ in
That dirt in my lungs
My days would be done
Without you I would be roadkill
On the road still
If you hadn’t showed up
To love me back to life
I was singin’ and weepin’ so long I forgot how to breathe
I was seein’ the light and then God sent a man straight to me
Got me shotgun blushin’ in a yellow Chevy
He was drivin’ too fast, you’re just slow and steady
And you’re sweet like cinnamon
I could’ve been half dead breathin’ in
That dirt in my lungs
My days would be done
Without you I would be roadkill
On the road still
If you hadn’t showed up
To love me back to life
Crows circling around me
Salvation in a valley
Saved right where you found me
Wrap your lovin’ arms around me
Sweet like cinnamon
I could’ve been half dead breathin’ in
That dirt in my lungs
My days would be done
I would be roadkill
On the road still
If you hadn’t showed up
To love me back to life
Life, life, life
Life, life, life
