The east coast may be home
But I want to go where no one knows my name
I stay up late when I need to get up early and can never make things right
But this awkward thing weâve got going on ends tonight
Or maybe not âcause I donât have the courage to be considered alone
And all my friends are busy whenever I come home
Iâm tired of being stuck in your shadow, this cloudy overcast
Left on by what everyone swore wouldnât last
But I managed to keep up all my faith when you managed to simply toss me away
Like an old magazine full of bands that you now hate
And I thought you would be different
And I thought you werenât like the rest
And I thought I could count on the one who kept me from hitting the ground
Just before I lost my self respect
The east coast may be home
But I want to go where no one knows my name
I canât get down with poetry, their contrived metaphors and forced rhyme schemes
It wonât help me face the facts, Iâm down and lonely
âCause the only thing that ever brought me up was seeing your face at the end of the month
As you watched my band play for some grungy club
And I thought you would be different
And I thought you werenât like the rest
And I thought I could count on the one who kept me from hitting the ground
Just before I lost my self respect
The east coast may be home
But I want to go where no one knows my name
So far away âtill I canât see my house anymore
And hopefully I will be half the person I was before you met me
I wish I could swim back to shore âcause Iâm sure itâs so much safer when Iâm home
And the only thing keeping me afloat is the constant hope thatâs tearing up my soul
I wish I could swim back to shore âcause Iâm sure itâs so much safer when Iâm home
And the only thing keeping me afloat is the constant hope thatâs tearing up my soul