I drove around this town when
Your letter found my eyes
You chose yourself and said
That God told you that it was right
Did you care that I was still your best friend
Did you think I would just be alright
And you said that you were sorry
But you couldn't take it one more night
So take your leave

I guess you never
Never knew yourself
What it means to be someone else
I'm someone else
The future seemed so bright
Now it seems like lies
Just a stupid kid
Too dumb to stop trying

Drown out your father's words that
Keep ringing in your ears
There's nothing left to call home
If you fail then you fail here

I guess you never
Never knew yourself
What it means to be someone else
I'm someone else
The future seemed so bright
Now it seems like lies
Just a stupid kid
Too dumb to stop trying

The weight of all the years of my life
And this moment catches me in stride
As I hope that leaving
Doesn't cost me everything
When does a boy become a man
Is it when his father tells him he can
That door was always shut
But when it's not it's harder to walk through

I found the road beneath my feet, but still it felt like wandering
I took the road less traveled, where it split beneath my feet
The voices in the distance were screaming don't you leave
But I had to leave, I had to know if it was real the words I wrote
Our days are filled with wandering, destinations in between
But if it's real, the words we feel and if I write them down

Don't you sit there and tell me what you want to do
Would they find their voice. Is it escape we've found
How could you make this a simple choice
From an old payphone, would you believe
The men we are. The men we hoped to be
Or will you say you drove
You drove those miles for a stupid dream