[Intro – 0:00–0:18]
Yeah…
Used to be nothin’ but pines and peace out here…
Now it’s headlights and heartbreak
Feels like the world creepin’ in…
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[Verse 1 – 0:19–1:00]
I remember when the road was just gravel and prayer
No traffic, no noise, just open air
Now they buildin’ up condos where the corn used to grow
City lights crawlin’ in, takin’ over slow
Same way you did, damn, you moved in my chest
Started off sweet, then you tore up the rest
I was a calm kind of soul, soft like a hymn
Then heartbreak hit me like a shot of sin
Now every quiet place got a little more loud
Every pure thing got a shadow now
It’s like the world don’t give a shit ‘bout peace
Just wants more, more, more — never release
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[Chorus – 1:01–1:30]
Yeah, the city’s invadin’ these country roads
Like heartbreak invadin’ a heart that’s gold
Used to be love here, now it’s pain in the dust
Same damn story, just different rust
Concrete where the wildflowers used to be
Just like your goodbye still hauntin’ me
Damn… it’s hard watchin’ beauty get broke
Yeah, the city moves in like heartbreak smoke
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[Verse 2 – 1:31–2:10]
Used to hear crickets, now it’s sirens at night
Used to feel safe, now it don’t feel right
They pave over memories, call it “progress”
Just like you left and called it “honest”
I swear I loved you like a backroad song
Slow and steady, thought it’d last long
But you came in like a fast damn train
Left my soul cracked with a new kind of rain
Now I drink on a porch that don’t feel the same
Watchin’ my hometown lose its name
And I’m losin’ myself in the middle of change
Tryna stay good while I’m goin’ insane
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[Chorus – 2:11–2:40]
Yeah, the city’s invadin’ these country roads
Like heartbreak invadin’ a heart that’s gold
Used to be love here, now it’s pain in the dust
Same damn story, just different rust
Concrete where the wildflowers used to be
Just like your goodbye still hauntin’ me
Damn… it’s hard watchin’ beauty get broke
Yeah, the city moves in like heartbreak smoke
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[Bridge – 2:41–2:55]
And I ain’t sayin’ change is evil…
But it sure as hell hurts
When the things you loved start disappearin’
Right in front of you…
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[Final Verse / Outro – 2:56–3:15]
So I’m drivin’ these roads with a heavy damn heart
Watchin’ the world tear the simple apart
Tryna keep faith in a place that’s shiftin’
Tryna keep love when my soul still missin’
Maybe one day I’ll find peace again
Somewhere the noise finally ends
But right now it’s just me and this broke-down view…
City on my backroads…
Heartbreak in me too…
AlmightyZay31