Back to River Street

[Verse 1]
Brick and water
Rust on the rail
Tourists laughing
I follow the sail
Cobblestone echoes
Under my feet
Salt in the air
Heart skips a beat
[Chorus]
Back to River Street
Like a ghost in my old town (hey)
Chasing every shade of who I was
Till the sun goes down
I was born just up that road
Where they first said my name
Now I'm standing in the middle of the past I left
And it all feels the same
[Verse 2]
Hospital hallway
Faded green paint
Coffee-stained counter
Old perfume faint
My name on a clipboard
Twenty years gone
I breathe in the quiet
Then I move on
[Chorus]
Back to River Street
Like a ghost in my old town
Chasing every shade of who I was
Till the sun goes down
I was born just up that road
Where they first said my name
Now I'm standing in the middle of the life I chased
And it all feels the same
[Bridge]
Was I running from this
Or running to it
All these years in between
Did I ever outgrow it
[Chorus]
Back to River Street
I can hear my younger voice
Every cracked red brick remembers me
Every stubborn choice
I was born just up that road
I’m still learning what that means
Savannah in my lungs as I walk away
But it stays in my seams

rock, Slow-burn 90s grunge ballad, male vocals. Clean chorus-soaked guitar and roomy drums in the verses, then distorted power chords and crashing cymbals exploding in the chorus. Bass warm and melodic, pushing the nostalgia. Vocal builds from a fragile murmur to a cracked, cathartic shout on the hook, with a final chorus that pulls back to almost-whispered resignation., grunge, nostalgic, slow, emotional