As Small Town As It Gets

from Self Diagnosis by Deer Next 3 Miles

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I wish the city changed me more than this
And it's terrifying to think
I'm as small town as it gets
I don't know if my ambitions drowned
Or if it's just taken me a while
to figure out what I want
All I know is that I can only write
in dark grade school parking lots
I'm just looking to be happy
And I can't wait ten more years

When I find myself back on solid ground
I don't know if anything I feel
Is just nostalgia or true longing
Cause everything I read can't seem to spot the difference
And now I can't either

This is my response to months of shitty weeks
To hide away and pretend it's not happening
I will go for days without saying a word
And get scared when I hear myself speak

Now I've been screaming about how I've been broken for almost three years
I'm sorry I still haven't learned to shut up and get over it
Cause I'm a white boy whose life kicked his teeth in
So obviously I've got to sing about how
It seems like a heart attack will strike me in my sleep
Or how I don't feel things
Or worse I'm making it all about me

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from Self Diagnosis, released January 27, 2015

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Well now I'm a singer-songwriter who lives in DC so who even knows what's going on anymore.

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