Same Stars

Corner store Still burning white Buzzing like a warning In the middle

of the night

Somebody painted Over our names I scratched the wall

And there we were again I took the long way Past your

street Every window dark Every memory awake

I thought coming back Would feel like home

Why does it feel

LIKE A GRAVE? SAME OLD STARS OVER DEAD STREETLIGHTS Same cracked road

In the middle of the night

Everything is standing Where we left it BUT WE'RE GONE Same old

stars Watching from above How can somewhere Hold so much of you

And still not feel

LIKE HOME?

Parking lot Empty again

I can almost hear

The tires and our friends

Cheap speakers Windows down Swearing we'd be different When we got out

We were right. I just didn't know

What getting out would cost.

Every ghost here

Has my face

From another age SAME OLD STARS OVER DEAD STREETLIGHTS Same cracked road

In the middle of the night Everything is standing Where we left

it BUT WE'RE GONE Same old stars

Watching from above How can somewhere Hold so much of you And

still not feel

LIKE HOME?

I found our names.

Still underneath the paint.

For one stupid second

I wanted

Everything back.

Then I remembered— We left

For a reason.

SAME OLD STARS OVER DEAD STREETLIGHTS Same damn road But I'm not

who I was

Everything is standing Where we left it LET IT STAY Same old

stars Different blood

I can love the place

That made me WITHOUT DIGGING UP

WHO I WAS

Same sky. Dead street.

Keep driving.