bring back those good ol' days
nothing feels right
nothing ever goes my way
I threw my future away
now I walk alone
out here in the cold
wandering astray
where is my future?

I'm gonna need a home
you'd expect the same
now wouldn't you?
wouldn't you?

your journey back to birth is haunting you
haunting you

your departure from the earth is haunting you
haunting you

only those who accept
will find that acceptance in return
we have been trimmed down like hedges
and told just to sit
and wilt
and spit at each other from a distance
there is constant resistance from you

I'm gonna need a home
you'd expect the same
now wouldn't you?
wouldn't you?

it's been 10 years strong
that's much too long
it's time to do something good for myself
it's time to do something good for my health
I've wasted all of this time


Lyrics submitted by christsizeshoes, edited by ChikOsMaN

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    I think this song is about addiction. Your journey back to birth is trying to get back to you before your departure from this earth. 10 yrs strong is much to long and its time to do something good for your health and get clean. Trimmed down like hedges is what society does and teaches us, to conform and sit and wilt and hate. You're going to need a home is saying you're gonng to need help you'd expect the same wouldn't you? That's just what I always got from it

    MerryJaneWhatsernameon July 11, 2023   Link

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