Conquer / Retreat

Been a long time since I've been back here
Home is hearing footsteps walking 'round upstairs
and waiting for someone to turn the dial on the radio

I've been burning gas like it's going out of style
Trying to get somewhere past the borderline
of holding onto memories that I should really let go

Coming back into town after a decade away
Friends have all moved, but the family stay
And who I am now but just a sitcom cameo?

Thought I had transformed while I was away
But the person I once was is here to stay

I can't run any longer
From who I used to be
I'm running out of steam
Now the days are getting shorter
It's getting harder to see
I spend most days asleep
But the feeling is a hunger
It's like I'm growing weak
Because I never eat
Now I won't conquer
Retreat

If there was ever a time where I moved real slow
It was walking these sidewalks with headphones
and dreaming one day that highway would take me somewhere

Now I've lived twenty versions of me
Depending on the people I see
Like trying on a new shirt to see how the old compares

Thought I had transformed while I was away
But the person I once was is here to stay

I can't run any longer
From who I used to be
I'm running out of steam
Now the days are getting shorter
It's getting harder to see
I spend most days asleep
But the feeling is a hunger
It's like I'm growing weak
Because I never eat
Now I won't conquer
Retreat