[Verse 1]
Dust on the windowsill
Height marks carved in the hallway still
Fridge door covered in crooked stars
Every sticker like a tiny memoir
Shoebox under the creaking stair
Old game tickets and braided hair
All these corners saying my name
But the rooms don’t echo the same
[Chorus]
Goodbye to the house that raised me
Every scar in the paint still saves me
Yeah, the walls keep calling me back
But I’m driving off, no map
Goodbye to the house that knew me
Every slammed door, every slow movie
You were more than some concrete and chrome
You were my first, my only home
[Verse 2]
Rap on the banister, sneakers on wood
We were loud, we were lost, we were understood
Midnight cereal, blue TV glow
Trying hard to act grown, scared to let it show
Now it’s boxes in the hallway, name tags on dreams
Mom folding decades into faded seams
I say “it’s just a place,” but that’s a lie I tell
‘Cause my whole small world fit under this shell
[Chorus]
Goodbye to the house that raised me
Every scar in the paint still saves me
Yeah, the walls keep calling me back
But I’m driving off, no map
Goodbye to the house that knew me
Every slammed door, every slow movie
You were more than some concrete and chrome
You were my first, my only home
[Bridge]
[Drums drop, just guitar and vocal]
If I close my eyes, I’m running down that hall
Bare feet, big dreams, waiting for a fall
Can I pack that kid in the trunk with the clothes?
Or does he stay behind when the front door closes? (yeah)
[Chorus]
Goodbye to the house that raised me
Every scar in the paint still saves me
Yeah, the walls keep calling me back
But I’m driving off, no map
Goodbye to the house that knew me
Every slammed door, every slow movie
I’ll carry you in every place I roam
‘Cause you were my first, my only home