All those days we spent trying to figure out who we were
Where we belong in a world so big no one can fit in
We were dreaming of escaping the place we called home
Told ourselves home was somewhere out there
In an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people
Far from love and a warm bed
We were teenagers
Chasing ideas and breathing the future
Forgetting the present and the people we knew
We'd rather live to forget then live to hold on
Breathe out the memories but leave the stains
Tell stories like "remember when..."
As if the "when" was centuries behind us
We were young
Our lives still fresh and new
We wanted to age, grow, experience
We wanted to expand beyond flower pots and front porches
Into a world we didn't know
We spoke like one day we would just go
Run to the ends of the earth and find a house on a mountain top
Wake up every morning to breathe the fresh air
And then run some more
Always looking for a home to belong
But never stopping long enough to lay down roots
Never long enough to realize home is someplace behind us
Someplace at the start
We were teenagers
One day we grew up
And we ran
