[Verse 1] Phoenix, you found me first Sunburnt kid in a quiet cul-de-sac Dust on my knees Cherry popsicle stains on my t-shirt You taught me how to wait for rain Count clouds, count stars, count blessings How to stay When everything aches to leave [Chorus] So this is to the two towns that raised me Red rock heat and steel-gray sky One taught me to live through August One taught me to run toward light Phoenix in my blood New York in my breathing Thank you for the same life That you shaped in different seasons [Verse 2] Phoenix, you held our house Cheap blinds, late fees, thin walls The hum of an old box fan Prayers whispered into stucco halls You gave me roots in gravel yards Heat waves over grocery lines I learned survival at your stoplights How to laugh when the engine dies [Chorus] So this is to the two towns that raised me Red rock heat and steel-gray sky One taught me to live through August One taught me to run toward light Phoenix in my blood New York in my breathing Thank you for the same life That you shaped in different seasons [Verse 3] New York, you met me next Suitcase, scrape on my knee from the train Heart full of hand-me-down hope Cheap room, cold pipes, window frame You taught me motion, taught me hunger Stairs that never quite run out Every corner like a mirror Asking, "Who are you right now?" [Bridge] Phoenix kept me alive New York made me feel blazing Phoenix held every version I was New York held the one I was chasing I’m your child in two directions Same song, different key One wrote my first name slow One carved my last in concrete [Chorus] So this is to the two towns that raised me Red rock heat and steel-gray sky One taught me to live through August One taught me to run toward light Phoenix in my blood New York in my breathing Thank you for the same life That you shaped in different seasons [Outro] Phoenix, you are my memory New York, you are my mirror If I stand a little taller now It’s ’cause I carry you both nearer Two skylines in my chest Both of you home to me Two different suns I circle Same life, same heart, same street (oh)
