This is for my home town, thanks for everything.
Streetlights down the rainy street, shining on the puddles on the dark cement
It's almost pouring down november in the little town that I grew up in
I'd walk the streets with the weirdos and the outcasts in the school and I never felt so real
I knew who I was, I loved who I was, I wasn't afraid to feel
But I got this idea in my head that I needed to be something more
So I left to the city to study and work
Lost more than I gained what I had had before
I had my friend, she lived downtown with the purest kind of smile
Knew a poet who could mix sick beast he'd walk the streets with me for awhile
I had a little church I'd bring all my favorite people to
And we were crazy, strange and messy but I never felt so close to you
It's hard for me to let it go and leave it all behind, leave it behind again
Some of the friendships are still there but it's so hard with the distance
I know we can't go back but I wish so badly somehow that we could
Just be those awkward messed up teenagers I loved more than I loved my own soul
Chorus
She's expected now to be a pretty lady
He hasn't changed that much except he's become a whole lot braver
She doesn't really talk to me anymore
Maybe she thinks I couldn't relate to her
You were the people who showed me who I was
I know I let you down when I moved away
You taught me to see beyond the surface
to care like you were my family, helped me find my place
I only wish I could go back and choose to stay
With
Chorus
It's hard not to regret leaving when I know all I've done since I left is lose who I was and find it again only to be right where I started and missing some of the best people on this earth.
Streetlights down the rainy street, shining on the puddles on the dark cement
It's almost pouring down november in the little town that I grew up in
I'd walk the streets with the weirdos and the outcasts in the school and I never felt so real
I knew who I was, I loved who I was, I wasn't afraid to feel
But I got this idea in my head that I needed to be something more
So I left to the city to study and work
Lost more than I gained what I had had before
I had my friend, she lived downtown with the purest kind of smile
Knew a poet who could mix sick beast he'd walk the streets with me for awhile
I had a little church I'd bring all my favorite people to
And we were crazy, strange and messy but I never felt so close to you
It's hard for me to let it go and leave it all behind, leave it behind again
Some of the friendships are still there but it's so hard with the distance
I know we can't go back but I wish so badly somehow that we could
Just be those awkward messed up teenagers I loved more than I loved my own soul
Chorus
She's expected now to be a pretty lady
He hasn't changed that much except he's become a whole lot braver
She doesn't really talk to me anymore
Maybe she thinks I couldn't relate to her
You were the people who showed me who I was
I know I let you down when I moved away
You taught me to see beyond the surface
to care like you were my family, helped me find my place
I only wish I could go back and choose to stay
With
Chorus
It's hard not to regret leaving when I know all I've done since I left is lose who I was and find it again only to be right where I started and missing some of the best people on this earth.
