(Verse 1)
You talk about leaving like a weather report
Same cracked ideas from the corner store
Every conversation ends the same old way
“Maybe next summer… maybe someday”
You got maps folded up in the passenger seat
Dust on the dashboard, holes in your dreams
Everybody else looks taller from here
Maybe it’s distance
Maybe it’s fear
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(Pre-Chorus)
You say the ceiling’s way too low
But never test the height
Spend your whole life waiting around
For timing to feel right
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(Chorus)
What did you expect?
The world to come and carry you?
You keep driving circles
Through the same old avenues
Dreaming in the driveway
Engine running dead
Wanting something different
Without changing anything instead
And maybe it’s not sadness
Maybe comfort’s just sincere
A familiar kind of sinking
That keeps you parked right here
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(Verse 2)
You wear potential like a leather jacket
Looks good outside but you never unpack it
Talking revolution from a barstool throne
Like motion somehow happens on its own
The years move quiet
No dramatic scene
Just little repetitions
Until they harden into routine
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(Pre-Chorus)
Everybody wants the mountaintop
Nobody wants the climb
You keep asking where your life went
While handing off the time
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(Chorus)
What did you expect?
A sign nailed to the sky?
Some sudden revelation
Explaining all the reasons why?
You can blame the world forever
Maybe some of it is true
But eventually the mirror
Starts pointing back at you
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(Bridge)
No one’s coming to unlock the door
No hidden hand keeping score
Just your fingerprints on everything
You didn’t choose anymore
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(Final Chorus)
What did you expect?
The road won’t walk itself
You can’t become somebody else
By staying where you fell
So either light the fuse tonight
Or make your peace with regret
Because standing still for years
Still counts as a step
ChucklesMcnerd
