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I took a step back and looked in the mirror
to see a face before me that I grew to fear
I never wanted to be this way
No, I never wanted to be this...
There's place I call home but I still feel so alone
The street signs, they all still seem so foreign
And pacing and searching but I'm still not certain
That I can ever shake this feeling
I had some regrets but I'm still running from the past
I have to get it together before another relapse
Am I over thinking this again?
Maybe I should have listened to my friends
The world left me bruised and broken
but I'm still taking a wrong turn on every path I go
And I don't know if I can figure this out
I'm trying to move on and hold on to what I know
I'm tired of making excuses
I need to get up and do this for myself
I need to do this for myself
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I put my best foot forward so I know where I stand
And I'll keep on running until the clock strikes 12 again
My mistakes are two-fold and you're to blame
And I honestly can say you're the cause of all this pain
So 'round and 'round we go
Back to the place where these seeds were sown
I don't want to play this game
Because I know I'll never win
And as I sit in solitude
These walls are closing in
I guess I'll never win
I always told myself to look back at the better days
When the future was bright, but now that's so far away
I took a long walk home so I could find who I am today
And I know if I get lost, I'll find away
Standing outside of my house in the pouring rain
You're gonna have to let this go
Because I only dream of you
And I'll find a way
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I hate that summer's almost over
And fall semester's coming quick
And on paper my plans don't seem that far off
But the distance still makes me sick
I hate going to community
with its lack of a party scene
At least the teachers are nice and the classes are cheap
Too bad they don't have the ones that I need
I've got nothing to show for this path that I chose
And these roads keep on winding out of control
I wish that these words didn't hit so close to home
But I can feel it in my bones
I want to be a writer for the screen
be responsible for that memorable scene
Like how John Cusack with his boombox
or Judd Nelson with this fist
defined the 80s before I came to exist
And I once had the chance when that big shot from Sundance
offered to give my script a look
But you can count on me to tarnish golden opportunites
because when it comes to fucking up
I wrote the book
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The color of the leaves and campaign signs
remind me of all the long drives
I hoped would never end
But now I'm left here with my thoughts and memories
on my lonely drive home and suddenly
I'm thinking you again
And all the things I meant but never had the courage to say
were left there and forgotten when you turned and walked away
So every year we place this game
when the sun goes down and seasons change
Leaves change colors and sunburns fade
And we both go home alone
Well maybe this time won't be the same
And maybe we could try to change
When the leaves change colors and sunburns fade
Let's not both go home alone
I always took care of you through every passing day
And I can't help but smile when I stop and think
of the yellow highway lines that stretched on for miles
and my picture perfect memory of you picture perfect smile
countless drunken nights and bloodshot eyes
the way you made me feel when I was holding you that night
I know we could never be more than friends
And every damn time the summer ends
You forget all the times we spent
And we go our separate ways
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So this is how it's gonna go
I'll stay out all night with my best friends
with no direction and not a care in the world
I want to be a kid again
I never wanted it to end
All the kids I used to know
packed it up and headed for the coast
So what if I never do what all the others did?
Now what is stopping me from doing it all again?
Growing up so fast
The world is racing and I'm last to say
that your dreams won't fall into your lap
And I better speed this up
because father time isn't stopping for me
All the kids I used to know
said "Fuck this" and headed for the coast
So what if I never do what all the others did?
Now what is stopping me from doing it all again?
We're doing it all again
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