I've been waiting for the sun to disappear Let the city swallow every last ray of fear Streetlights buzzing on, painting yellow on the black I don't know which block tonight's gonna break my back Shoes beat to shit, soles thinner than my patience Jacket full of holes, pockets empty of salvation Phone on twelve percent, still ain't checking messages I'm okay with vanishing, no need for addresses Every footstep hits heavier than the last one did Mind ain't racing, it's just quietly quitting It's a long way home When you're walking all alone through these empty boulevards Long way home Silence getting loud, cutting sharper than any words Yeah, it's a long way home But I'm not looking back, just letting the night take charge Long way home… Keep it moving through the blocks where the closed signs hanging crooked Guys outside the liquor store, eyes red, conversation looking They don't see me, I don't see them, we both ghosts in the system Footsteps echo like a metronome, precision rhythm Sirens wail a minute back, now it's quiet like confession Mind staying level, no depression, no aggression Just acceptance in the steps, calculated disconnection Battery dying slower than my old connections No key, no door, no floor I gotta return to I'm dissolving on purpose, no urgent need to burn through Pavement cracks telling stories I ain't trying to learn, dude I'm the king of nowhere, crown made of faded curb views It's a long way home When you're walking all alone through these empty boulevards Long way home Silence getting loud, cutting sharper than any words Yeah, it's a long way home But I'm not looking back, just letting the night take charge Long way home… Maybe I could stop, find a payphone that still works Dial some number from the past, see if anybody hurts But what the fuck would I say — "I'm out here again, same drift"? So I don't, I just walk, let the concrete be my shift Part of me likes the weight of not belonging anywhere The not explaining, not repairing, not pretending that I care Violet hour bleeding into black, no one's keeping score I'm not lost, I'm exactly where the current wants me for… Calculating every crack in the sidewalk like it's chess moves Breathing steady, heart rate never breaking from the stress groove Billboards selling futures that I already refused to choose Laughing silent at the hustle that I long ago outgrew Buses done for the night, last one left an hour ago Heard some shouting blocks away, now it's back to radio Static in my head but the volume staying on low I'm the master of the fade-out, director of the slow dissolve No tomorrow that I'm chasing, no yesterday I'm hauling Just the rhythm of the soles and the freedom in the falling If home is where the heart is then mine's gone nomadic crawling Through the grid of yellow lights where the real ones keep on stalling It's a long way home When you're walking all alone and the city's breathing slow Long way home Every shadow knows the secrets that I never show Yeah, it's a long way home But tonight I'm not in any hurry, let it flow It's a long way home… Long way home… Long way home…
