Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
The map was written in a fever dream
Across a border that you’d never seen
You said the garden had a hidden gate
And you were tired of the “settle-for” fate
So you packed your pride and you burned the bridge
Chasing a shimmer on the canyon ridge
The dust is rising and the sky is red
While all the ghosts of home are left for dead.

[Pre-Chorus]
Your throat is dry and your eyes are wide
There’s nowhere left for a fool to hide
The heat is screaming through the empty space
As the wind erases every trace of your face.

[Chorus]
You traded the water to chase the sand!
Now the gold is slipping right through your hand!
It’s a mirage! A hollow throne!
The king of a kingdom made of sun-bleached bone!
You left the oasis for a burning lie!
Now you’re drinking the light from a dead man’s sky!
Yeah, you’re chasing the sand!
With nothing left in your hand!

[Verse 2]
The silence here has a jagged edge
A long way down from the mountain ledge
You remember the shade and the cool of the spring
Before you wanted to be everything
Now the “perfect life” is a sea of grit
And you’re the only one inhabiting it
The horizon moves every step you take
A beautiful, cruel, and infinite mistake.

[Chorus]
You traded the water to chase the sand!
Now the gold is slipping right through your hand!
It’s a mirage! A hollow throne!
The king of a kingdom made of sun-bleached bone!
You left the oasis for a burning lie!
Now you’re drinking the light from a dead man’s sky!
Yeah, you’re chasing the sand!
With nothing left in your hand!

[Verse 3]
The vultures circle in a perfect ring
Waiting for the songs that you used to sing
But the melody is lost in the shifting dunes
Howling at the heat of the afternoon
You’ve got the freedom that you always craved
In a world of dust that can’t be saved
Just a silhouette in a shifting sea
Of the person that you used to be.

[Bridge]
The thirst is real!
The hunger grows!
Where the river went...
Only heaven knows!
IT’S JUST DUST!
IT’S ALL DUST!
BURIED IN THE RUIN AND THE RUST!

[Chorus]
You traded the water to chase the sand!
Now the gold is slipping right through your hand!
It’s a mirage! A hollow throne!
The king of a kingdom made of sun-bleached bone!
You left the oasis for a burning lie!
Now you’re drinking the light from a dead man’s sky!
Yeah, you’re chasing the sand!
With nothing left in your hand!

[Verse 4]
So keep on walking through the heat and glare
There’s nothing left but the thinning air
The oasis is gone, it’s a memory now
With the sweat of the truth on your burning brow.

[Outro]
Just sand...
Just sand...