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no one ever saw me as anything

only as all of the things they wanna see

and now I understand it goes hand-in-hand

angst inspiring my thoughts to take a stand

now as I drive around hometown familiar streets

hanging in the same old spots throughout the week ideas repeat

and you can’t run away from your maturity

no matter how you put off growing up

and all along I always thought I had to stay to get away, now

it makes me feel like am stuck here because I never thought I’d ever

be anyone, go anywhere, do anything I live life without a care,

‘cause I’m still around, in this forgotten town

here dreaming of things I never thought I’d ever be.

and as I pass the stream down where we used to play

I remember summer nights we swore one day we’d get away

and time it moved us on, but I’m still hanging on

waiting for an unsure fate, sometimes I wish I went along.

and then on that regret, I light my cigarette,

stare up at the midnight sky and let my mind relax a bit

‘cause this is where I am, and I’ll be here again

my unstable reality’s my own.

and looking back someday I hope to see my path as one less traveled

but I don’t feel I walk alone here because I never thought I’d ever

be anyone, go anywhere, do anything I live life without a care,

‘cause I’m still around, in this forgotten town

here dreaming of things I never thought I’d ever be.