Evergreen Soldier

[Verse 1]

5000 miles is a lot to eat, but

I’ve got stomach and I’ve got teeth

Oh, I’m not a god, oh, I’m not a genius

But I’ll figure out how to drink the ocean between us

5000 miles is a lot to run, but I’ll

Force my legs and fight my lungs

I’m fifteen, a machine, I’ll make it through

I’m a stranger to your body, but I already love you

[Chorus]

Babe, I’m coming back, just you wait

I’m running a little late

But in five years I’ll be at your doorstep, I know

I know, I know I’m late, but I’m home

I’m coming back just so you know

I’m sorry, love, it’s taking slow

But in five years I’ll be at your doorstep, I know

I know, I know I’m late but I’m home

[Verse 2]

Oh god, what a brutal scene

Falling in love on a screen

I abused a pen, fake memories we drеw

Piles of plans waiting to come true

But wе know now those are things we'll never do

'Cause I've moved on and so have you

But I'm in your city on tour five years late

And I'm only fifteen minutes away

[Chorus]

Babe, I’m coming back, just you wait

I’m running a little late

But in five years I’ll be at your doorstep, I know

I know, I know I’m late, but I’m home

But I won't knock, I won't go to your door

'Cause my love, I don't know you anymore

But I did what I promised, I did what I swore

And soldier, I brought my body to your door

[Verse 3]

So I drove by your house five years late

I saw your dad pulling in the gate

I'm sorry, my love, I just couldn't leave it

The little kid in me just had to see it

Stared in silence watching the fake memories play

I saw me running, calling your name

And I burst in that hug with all that we are

Crying in the memory and crying in the car

[Bridge]

The kid who loved you is screaming, "No"

'Cause I won't let her go say hello

Yeah, I turn my car around, not giving response

'Cause I'm driving from all that she wants

I talk to the kid in the backseat

"Baby, I saw his house, I saw the street

And it's not fair, I was there through the glass

While you're helpless and stuck in the past"

Oh soldier, I am home, but

Soon I'm gonna have to go, hope

You have everything we couldn't

Hope time gave you what for us it wouldn't

I'm out in the air, unseen

Surrounded by evergreen

All I wanted so brutally

Is in front of me ruthlessly

Like a childhood idol

Never met, but I know it

It changes regardless

And time is heartless

[Verse 4]

Late that night I played your home state

I sing songs that are baked with your name

I'm on stage next door, I'm just passing through

Telling strangers all about you

[Chorus]

Babe, I’m coming back, just you wait

I’m running a little late

Yeah, in five years I was at your doorstep, I know

I know, I know I’m letting you go

[Outro]

Goodbye, evergreen soldier, Dew

All the strangers are singing about you