This Town Will Never Let Us Go

There's a place upon the earth
That's never seen the sun
By a cruel twist of fate
Is where you and I are from
When you left I sat before you
I felt so empty then
It was the last thing I expected
To see your face again

Did the stitches of your dreams
Begin to slowly come undone?
And before you turn around
You're falling flat on square one

If you found that hope was heavy
I could have told you so
And I know you know I know
This town will never let us go

There must be something in the water
That hollows out your bones
Funny I was born and raised here
It's never been my home
If they tell you that you're nothing
You accept it as a fact
Like how I will always love you
You can never love me back

Did you reach the gates of heaven
And discover they were closed?
Oh they wouldn't know an angel
If it kissed them on the nose
When you ask a hundred questions
And they're answered all the same
"We don't want your kind of people
So just return the way you came"

Yeah you scream until you laugh
And you laugh until you cry
And you don't feel much of anything
One day I consider why

And if you found the truth was hard
I could have told you so
And I know you know I know
This town will never let us go
This town will never let us go

Well there's a boy sat in a prison
With enough brains inside his head

That he could have been a doctor
But he killed a man instead

And a girl outside the laundry
Who just wanted to be heard
But she's been hushed and criticized
Until she barely speaks a word
And the kids around the corner
Who just lost their second dad
And you have to ask yourself
What kind of chance they ever had
And their mother knows her meds
Are just a temporary relief

She might empty out the bottle
If she could only get some sleep

And so it goes