[Intro]
Same road
Same sign
Same skyline in my rearview
Every time
[Verse 1]
Got my bag at the door, keys on the table
Mom texts, "Drive slow," like a bedtime fable
Small-town stickers on a cracked stop sign
Graffiti on a train that keeps crossing my mind
Sunday smells like coffee in a chipped white mug
Monday hits like concrete, traffic, and a shrug
I’m hugging both worlds till my arms feel sore
One foot on the porch, one foot on the 24th floor
[Chorus]
I’m halfway home, wherever I go
Heart in the fields, head in the glow
City keeps calling, hometown won’t let go
I’m in and out, in and out
But I love ’em both, I know
I’m halfway home
[Verse 2]
Grandma’s voice in my ear, "Boy, chase that dream"
Boss says, "Stay late," under cold blue screens
Corner store clerk still knows my name
Downtown bouncer just knows my face from the late night games
I’m rapping to the dash, hook stuck in my teeth
Melody breaking through the grind underneath
Laugh till I’m quiet on that late-night train
’Cause leaving feels like loss, arriving feels like change
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] I get loud when I’m lonely
Soft when I’m strong
Sing like I’m leaving
Shout like I belong
[melodic rap] Every mile marker
Is a line in between
But I’m both sides of the border
I’m the dirt and the screen
[guitar solo]
[Chorus]