somewhere you can't return to Lyrics

We stayed behind the tallest pines

as little kids

And we thought we were so tough

Next to the playground

And next to the lighthouse

In that green open field

Surrounded by a forest

Far as our eyes can see

If only I knew this place wouldn't stay the same

Why does it feel like the gears move faster every year

Why does each summer feel warmer than the last one

And why do I despise this person that I see in my reflection

You wanna live but you never really live

until you've past

Gone and forgotten

But if you wanna treat each day that you live like it's your last

Then that's what you'll get

Just see how long you last

Are you somewhere out there

And can you hear me

You shake your head

You said it don't mean anything

But words someone said

Lines on a tv screen

If nothing means anything

Tell me why should I stay here anymore

Here on a campus

In a forest covered city

That was out of the films

And out of the magazines

A place in your mind you see

When you dream alone every night

But wait up

You're trailing off

In a white dress

Passing the statues

Passing the bright red

Path that you walk

Under hair and makeup

I wouldn't like

To follow you into the dark

Sun coming down

But I've got to ask you

Before you go away

Under your hair and makeup

I've been trying to find the words for a minute

I'll be at the docks if I don't have them now

Just trust that I'll be there if you need em

But I don't think there's a way out of this by now

I'm walking on the edge of the earth here

Hoping that the tide will eventually drown

The noise of regret that resounds

Throughout my head

When I'm alone

One thing I dread is

To see you standing in the kitchen

Standing perfectly upright

Holding a glass of tea

Like a samurai sword

(Like a club you've never swung)

From a film you've never seen

(Like a snake that never bites)

Looking forwards in between

(At everyone you've ever known)

And every place you'll never see

(And friends you'll never really know)

With a heart that never beats

(For a person that you love)

That you never get to meet

(Like a spider in your mind)

Crawling round as I say

I've come up short to you lately

I come up short to you everytime

Didn't know what's right 'til lately

Comes back to haunt me everytime

Haven't seen the shores of italy

Haven't been across the world seven times

But i've seen life from the middle

Across the grey with an observant eye

I've come up short I admit it

Keep watching everything fall apart

But I'll be there first week of the summer

I'll be there to cut the weeds with a fresh head start

They'll be playing in the park around the corner

They'll be making new lives in a world apart

You're at the bottom and you've only gotten older

Stuck trying to go somewhere you can't return to

Or somewhere you've never been at all

Trying to go somewhere you've never been to

Or somewhere you'll never come back from