Rearview Mirror Hometown

(VERSE 1)

The porch light’s on, but it don’t feel like home

Shadows in the hallway where the silence has grown

Center Road is quiet, a skeleton of rust

Every echo in my head says I’m the one they can’t trust

Mama’s kitchen smells are laced with worry in the air

Son's sayin "dad, I love you, I can't lose you- you are my only friend here

Pills on the counter, appointments I keep missin,

Clock keeps tickin louder, but I’ve stopped listenin

(CHORUS)

I gotta leave this hometown, let the highway blur my name

Trade the panic in my chest for a brand-new kind of pain

Roots run deep, but the dark grows deeper every night

I’m chasin down tomorrow before it swallows up the light

It hurts like hell to say goodbye to the only world I know

But stayin means I’m drownin slow—

So I gotta go

(VERSE 2)

Street sign is flickerin, half the letters gone cold,

Same tree where I carved my name and the nights I can’t hold

Jenny’s married now, says “You look like you’re far away”

I smile through the static that’s been screamin in my brain

The stations shuttered, the badge, and hope both out of reach

Therapist keeps talkin, but the words don’t stick to me

Sleepless, restless nights, a mind that’s runnin low on fumes

Rearview mirror’s haunted—time to outrun these rooms

(CHORUS)

I gotta leave this hometown, let the highway blur my name

Trade the panic in my chest for a brand-new kind of pain

Roots run deep, but the dark grows deeper every night

I’m chasin down tomorrow before it swallows up the light

It hurts like hell to say goodbye to the only world I know

But stayin means I’m drownin slow—

So I gotta go

(BRIDGE)

Sirens echoing in my skull at 3 a.m., focused breathin

Wellness checks that feel like chains, good intentions leavin

One day I’ll circle back, once the static starts to fade

Sorry I left, it was the hardest choice I've made

Love ain’t always stayin, it's the choice to walk away

SAVE. MYSELF. STOP THE BLEEDOUT! TODAY!

(OUTRO)

Lights fading on the water tower tonight

A Hometown Hero who's lost the fight

Yeah, just a kid with a half-lit dream, and a mind that’s learnin flight

Runnin toward the morning, one shaky breath at a time

REARVIEW MIRROR HOMETOWN! (Repeat 3 times)

Just a lost kid, a half-lit dream, with a mind giving up the fight

Yeah, Stuck in flight