[Verse 1]
Missed my stop
Kept riding just to think
Phone on silent
Let the city start to shrink
Same old stress
Same stories, different day
Mom keeps asking
If I'm eating, if I pray
Rent due, fridge light
Shining on a ketchup jar
Dreams in a notebook
Folded in my glove compartment
Head on the window
Watching numbers on the route
Whole life looping
But I'm scared to switch it out
[Chorus]
I'm halfway home
Still miles from who I wanna be
These same brick roads
Know every broken part of me
If I turn back now
Will I ever really leave this place?
I'm halfway home
But I’m stuck on the same staircase
[Verse 2]
Short fuse, long bills
Patience on low
Cousin got a case
Friends moved, never wrote
Still I lace up
Hit the corner, share a plate
We laugh loud, talk big
Like we’re already out the gate
Old heads nod
Say "boy, you got that light"
I'm just tired
Of pretending I'm alright
Bus brake hiss
Cold air through the door
I can see my block
But I want a little more
[Chorus]