Hometown

[Intro]

Yeah

[Verse 1]

Remember how the music sounded under streetlights on late-night drives

And how the moon would illuminate the passenger side

It's twenty to five, I just passed Deepwood Drive

I wish I knew then I was livin' in my simpler times

Sometimes would walk around Nevers, headphones on in the rain

'Cause songs always sounded better than the thoughts in my brain

See, last year taught me how much in a year things change

When I'm in town now and look around, nothin's the same, damn

[Chorus]

I don't know

What they even mean when they're tellin' me I need to come home

Feels like yesterday I packed the car with everything that I own

Know myself less than I know those roads

But my hometown no longer feels like home

[Verse 2]

I'm back in town, just not for long

The only time that I come back is to visit my mom

I traded oak and maple trees for a couple palms

Remember back when I would rap songs at Tyler and Sean's

Their downstairs felt like Madison Square

There was probably never more than three or four of us there

Nobody cared, but we never cared

I guess I always knew the thief of happiness is when you start to compare

Now I'm in town and feel like a tourist

This is where my mom and dad had their first mortgage

This is where my dad passed, not to sound morbid

Lately learning that the little things are more important

Places I would visit daily now are so different

My old house no longer even looks lived-in

I can't get back all the holidays I've been missing

You really don't know what you'll miss until you add distance

Until you, uh, damn

[Chorus]

I don't know

What they even mean when they're tellin' me I need to come home

Feels like yesterday I packed the car with everything that I own

Know myself less than I know those roads

But my hometown no longer feels like home

[Verse 3]

Mom's talkin' 'bout movin' now outta state

Looking for a place that has a little more space

So I may not be comin' back, and that's somethin' I need to face

All the memories we made here are slowly startin' to fade

And my mom got remarried, she says she's changin' her name

And my sister got engaged and she plans on doin' the same

I'll be the last one in my family with my family name

Now who the fuck is even family? Guess the question remains, 'cause

[Chorus]

I don't know

What they even mean when they're tellin' me I need to come home

Feels like yesterday I packed the car with everything that I own

Know myself less than I know those roads

But my hometown no longer feels like home

I don't know

What they even mean when they're tellin' me I need to come home

Feels like yesterday I packed the car with everything that I own

Know myself less than I know those roads (Roads, oh, oh)

But my hometown no longer feels like home

[Outro]

All these photos are moments frozen in time

They teleport me to a place I can only see in my mind

Remember, summer nights, chasin' our whiskey down with some wine

And in the winter, how the air would combine with the smell of pine

Remember, sittin' at the park all alone with a broken heart

In my car spendin' hours just starin' up at the stars

Back when validation came from a friend and not from a chart

I cherish where I'm from, from afar, damn