It’s Just a Ticket

Verse 1 The buildings count my every step, As if I never really left. Everyone knows my name around here, But no one knows the weight I’ve kept. The streets are scarred just like I am, We grew old together, hand in hand. She learned to stand and wait it out, I learned to hide and doubt. Pre-Chorus I’m not running ’cause I hate this town, I’m running ’cause I’d forget myself if I stayed. Every street, every stone, every shadow, Reminds me who I’m afraid to lose. Chorus So I jump on the runaway train, No idea where it’s gonna stop. Leaving behind all that I knew, Racing forward, against the clock. Not out of anger, not out of hate, But to find the me I used to be. Verse 2 The station’s clock has long been dead, Time was never something that we led. Some stay behind, some fade away, I can’t afford to choose to stay. They say, “You’re one of us,” I whisper, “Maybe I once was.” But something in me screams so loud, Standing still is losing now. Bridge If I stay, I lose. If I go, I live. I must catch the train that carries me To another world to give. No plans, no maps, Just the rails beneath my feet. Every curve, every station, Takes me further from defeat. Chorus (repeat) So I jump on the runaway train, No idea where it’s gonna stop. Leaving behind all that I knew, Racing forward, against the clock. Not out of anger, not out of hate, But to find the me I used to be. Outro / Final Refrain Now my story starts again, But this time I choose the places I go. I ride into the world, Carrying the town inside me, But it no longer holds me tight. I know one thing: someday I’ll return, But as someone new, someone I’ve learned to be.