Southern State

[Verse 1]

The songs you sung spiraled

And hung 'round like echoes

Or ripples on a pond

So you circled the globe

Spent a year on the road

Without ever going home

More than a couple of days

Then you leave right away

Run to a girl you barely know

But you like how she sings

And you can't help but think

There's something that she knows

And could teach you

[Chorus 1]

Now you're sleeping in that southern state

Where the, the bars are filled with people you don't hate

But try as you try, you still can't relate to them

You drink that whiskey down as they ask you:

"Are you who you say you are?

"Are you who you say that you are?

"Are you who you say that you are?

"Are you who you say that you are?

"Are you who you say you are?

"The fact that we can't tell

"Makes us like you even more"

[Verse 2]

So now you're trying again

Or just visiting friends

One had just had his heart broke

For the first time in his life

He realized there's times

When you can't make it alone

So now you are giving advice

As if you had the right

To use a word like "love"

It's a negotiable term

What gets said's not what's heard

So it's different then for everyone

[Chorus 2]

But you've still hangin' 'round that college town

With your new life, your new lover you found

Keeping her up at night, bringing her down

She'll watch you drink yourself to death

But won't ask you:

"Is this really what you want?

"Is this really what you want?

"Is this really what you want?

"Is this really what you want?

"Is this really what you want?

"Or are you just sticking with it now

"Cause it's all you got?

"Cause it's all you got?

"Cause it's all you got?

I think you're sticking with me now 'cause I'm all you got

God, no

God, no

I'm all you got

I know

God knows