Goodbye

This time I wave goodbye
Life as we know it
Damn it flies
I'm not quite sure
How I got here
Got a long road
Still gotta pioneer
I'm living life
Look at me
Am I everything you wanted me to be?
Growing up trying to make you proud
Well are you proud of who I am now?
Just another defiant child
I remember the boo's from the hometown crowd
In my worst game
I was knocked down
But you pushed me to respond
With my chin up and my neck stretched out
Nobody ever made a name
Letting pride get in the way
And bowing out when they first felt shame
I thank you for carrying me through those days
And you know I never cared about riches
Spent one too many nights in the ER getting stiches
To know money can't compare
To the memories we share
With the people we care for most
And the emotions evoked
When my memories stoked
I pray to God I can convey it
With the stroke of a pen
Now I'm back here again
Contemplating my sins
I got a couple skeletons
Still hiding in the closet within
But you gave me morals
To know right and wrong
And understand what I can put in a song
We get along just fine
Small town kid
With a big city mindset
Now when I'm on set
Or when I'm stage
I get visions of the simpler days
And I wonder if I made the right choice
For the people in my life
Who were standing by my side
When I couldn't get it right
Looking at the door
Squeeze is pretty tight
Used to think it'd be easy
I was so sure
Now I'm hesitating
And this sinking feeling got me thinking
Maybe this is how I get it all
And I lose it
Or maybe this is how I fall down
To stand up stronger
But I learn from the best
Every test that you gave
Made a man I respect
Every time that I fought with you
Every time that we argued
So immaterial to the grand scheme
Makes me sad we lost time over such things
But it happens life goes on
We grow tighter
We move on to the bigger, better
I remember better weather
When I left home
Found solace just south of Ontario
Two months later
Sixty days separate from my family
I can tell you nothing else
Feels quite like the pity
Of eating Boston Market in a foreign city
By yourself on Thanksgiving
I can't lie
I try to get by by myself most times
Really independent as I may seem
I rely on you
To get me through
When my stubborn self can't face the music
But I found that reality is only how we fuse it
Now I'm headed 'cross the nation
Trying to find my place
In a race I wasn't meant to participate
And if this is the last song I ever wrote
I pray it could relate to every soul that I know
Use the bass and treble clef
To trace the highs and lows
Who knows if I hit that note
Watch the tires roll
From your view on the stoop
As my hands take hold of the wheel
I promise this is what I gotta do
I'll be home soon
Always know
I love you
Goodbye

This time I wave goodbye
Life as we know it
Damn it flies
I'm not quite sure
How I got here
Got a long road
Still gotta pioneer
This time I wave goodbye
Life as we know it
Damn it flies
I'm not quite sure
How I got here
Got a long road
Think I'll start...
Here