Hometown Static (Mini Tape Mix) (Suno Exclusive)

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V6-MINI

[Verse]
Saturdays on your porch, you and me
Trading mixtapes off the radio we'd taped all week
Just to hear our own voices talking over the DJ
Then we'd walk down to the corner store for a something you'd say
Wilder working up the nerve to ask about the new girl
And we'd ride our bikes home, no hands, streetlights just coming on
Ears still ringing from the radio — nowhere to be
and nowhere to go

[Chorus]
I'd give anything to go back to two-thousand-two
Back when a busted tape and a full tank felt like proof
Take me back, take me back
That we could waste the whole day and still come out fine
Two-thousand-two, when the water tower stood in line
Before the world got so heavy
Before we knew what we'd lose

[Verse]
Your dad lost the shop when the mill went under in two-thousand-eight
You said it was one year up north, said you'd be right back
Came home that Christmas taller, quieter, hard to talk
Then they tore the water tower down, sold the lot for townhomes
And the porch where we used to sit
Is a parking pad for people who won't be here in four years

[Verse]
Ran into Wilder last week at the bank where Pop's Diner used to be
Married his high school sweetheart, coaching rec-league ball now
Turns out he never left either — same as me
We stood in that parking lot like we had somewhere to be
And he remembered every time we ditched him at the door
Every time the smoke alarm went off at three

[Bridge]
I ain't homesick for being alive
I'm homesick for believing it'd all work out
That showing up was enough to make you someone
For the four minutes of static between songs on a taped-off mixtape
When we had nothing but time
And that felt like enough

[Chorus]
I'd give anything to go back to two-thousand-two
When a C-plus and a smile still got you through
Take me back, take me back
When the tape deck ate the mixtape and we sang it anyway
Was as good as therapy
And Wilder can tag along, I don't mind now
Two-thousand-two, back when none of it was gone yet
Before we knew what we'd lose

[Spoken Word]
The bank has fluorescent lights and a coin machine now
Nobody asks what used to hum there
Nobody remembers the jukebox — not really
Just a signal caught somewhere in the vents
Playing to nobody
Looping some frequency that isn't from this year, or this dimension'

On repeat
Forever (Forever)
Forever
(Forever)

Looping some frequency that isn't from this year, or this dimension'

On repeat
Forever (Forever)
Forever
(Forever)

Looping some frequency that isn't from this year, or this dimension'

(Forever)

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[Verse] I drove down Millbrook past where the school used to stand They put a strip mall there now, a bank and a nail salon Nobody stays, they're just passing through downtown The race track's been a parking structure since two-thousand-nine And Pop's Diner closed the summer before that time I couldn't tell you when the jukebox went quiet When we quit riding bikes past dark to minot When we quit hanging out behind the water tower I got lost in every hour [Verse] Saturdays on your porch, you and me Trading mixtapes off the radio we'd taped all week Just to hear our own voices talking over the DJ Then we'd walk down to the corner store for a something you'd say Wilder working up the nerve to ask about the new girl And we'd ride our bikes home, no hands, streetlights just coming on Ears still ringing from the radio — nowhere to be and nowhere to go [Chorus] I'd give anything to go back to two-thousand-two Back when a busted tape and a full tank felt like proof Take me back, take me back That we could waste the whole day and still come out fine Two-thousand-two, when the water tower stood in line Before the world got so heavy Before we knew what we'd lose [Verse] Your dad lost the shop when the mill went under in two-thousand-eight You said it was one year up north, said you'd be right back Came home that Christmas taller, quieter, hard to talk Then they tore the water tower down, sold the lot for townhomes And the porch where we used to sit Is a parking pad for people who won't be here in four years [Chorus] I'd give anything to go back to two-thousand-two Back when a busted tape and a full tank felt like proof Take me back, take me back That we could waste the whole day and still come out fine Two-thousand-two, when the water tower stood in line Before the world got so heavy Before we knew what we'd lose [Verse] Ran into Wilder last week at the bank where Pop's Diner used to be Married his high school sweetheart, coaching rec-league ball now Turns out he never left either — same as me We stood in that parking lot like we had somewhere to be And he remembered every time we ditched him at the door Every time the smoke alarm went off at three [Bridge] I ain't homesick for being alive I'm homesick for believing it'd all work out That showing up was enough to make you someone For the four minutes of static between songs on a taped-off mixtape When we had nothing but time And that felt like enough [Chorus] I'd give anything to go back to two-thousand-two When a C-plus and a smile still got you through Take me back, take me back When the tape deck ate the mixtape and we sang it anyway Was as good as therapy And Wilder can tag along, I don't mind now Two-thousand-two, back when none of it was gone yet Before we knew what we'd lose [Spoken Word] The bank has fluorescent lights and a coin machine now Nobody asks what used to hum there Nobody remembers the jukebox — not really Just a signal caught somewhere in the vents Playing to nobody Looping some frequency that isn't from this year, or this dimension' On repeat Forever (Forever) Forever (Forever) Looping some frequency that isn't from this year, or this dimension' On repeat Forever (Forever) Forever (Forever) Looping some frequency that isn't from this year, or this dimension' (Forever)

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