The Road Beneath My Feet

I drove around this town when
Your letter found my eyes
You chose yourself and said that
God told you that it was right

That I was still your best friend
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
'Cause 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?
'Cause that door was always shut
But when it's not it's harder to walk through

I took the road less traveled where it split beneath my feet
The voices in the distance were screaming, "Don't you leave"
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) would they find their voice?
(What you want to do) is it escape we found?
(How could you) how could you make this a simple choice?
From an old payphone
(The men we are) would you believe?
(The men we hoped to be, you drove) or will you say
You drove those miles for a stupid dream?