Northbrook - The Leaving Song.Whatever.We Didn't Feel Like Naming This One lyrics
rate me<br>
Well, pack my bags, and make it fast <br>This town's worn out my presence <br>I've severed every tie to the wasteland <br>Of my pilfered adolescence <br>Orange skies will lead my way <br>As the golden solar rays <br>Will lead me southbound to the place that I call home <br> <br>Tell all the brothers and sisters that I never had <br>That I'll be coming back home for them <br> <br>See, these fields of flowers never grew familiar to my eyes <br>When the colors are just as obscure as the people living this life <br>And it's so hard to call it beautiful when the canvas is so bland <br>There's country charm, but I've seen better in the cities <br>For the record, this is not my hometown <br>So believe me when I say goodbye <br> <br>"I live in a place where people are paranoid of change. <br>I mean, they're so locked into their own monotonous cycles <br>That they let things stay the way they are for decades. <br>I guess I can't say I blame them <br>Because I was the same way when I first moved here from Florida. <br>But one person can only handle so much complacency <br>And after punching in my time cards day in and day out <br>I think I've had enough." <br> <br>These parallel, flat two lane roads are parallels to local homes <br>Where ignorance presides over sheltered narrow minds <br>And below their giant noses are even larger mouths <br>Feeding hungry ears any news they want to hear <br>Cause rumors are the information and entertainment here <br> <br>Oh, and tell that special girl that never came into my life <br>That the flowers I sent were for her <br> <br>It's been a lifetime since the sun shone in this town <br>Everybody needs a little light, so I'm burning this place down <br>So my horizon will be golden on the hottest summer days <br>I hear familiar voices calling me from the heart of the Everglades <br>They're singing, "ITS THE LIFE!" <br>Tell the landlord and the farmer <br>They can keep their pristine pastures, I'm gone. <br>"IT'S THE LIFE!" <br>Pass the message to my friends that I'll be missing them at heart <br>But this place never felt like home, so believe me when I say goodbye <br> <br>I'm ripping out the pages of my diary <br>All the chronicles of a small town life that was never meant for me <br>Yeah, i'll circumvent this lucid shroud of negativity <br>And abdicate this masquerade I fabricate in fourteen shades of grey <br>From here on out, I'm making sure sunshine is the only thing <br>That stands between where I am and where I want to be<br>
