[Verse 1]

Let the calendar pages fall to the ground

Like late autumn leaves so they may never be found

And close the gate on another year

The carving on the mantel reads its safe here

[Chorus]

And it's been a long time

I spent a long time running

But I'm finally in the clear

I was gonna be everything I wanted

But things are better here

[Verse 2]

Back to the start, another hole in my heart

But the road ahead I couldn't see more clearly

Making a quick scan, searching for quicksand

An entire city drowned out by a streetlight

I hoped for the end too many times

But many times it isn't hard to fight

I won't go back, it's for my health

I don't have to be anyone else

[Chorus]

And it's been a long time

I spent a long time running

But I'm finally in the clear

I was gonna be everything I wanted

But things are better here

And it's been a long time

I spent a long time running

But I'm finally in the clear

I was gonna be everything I wanted

But things are better here

[Bridge]

Why is it that in the worst of times

I think too much

Another day that I get stuck

And I go numb

Was a wreck, I'm improving

Introspect, and keep moving

I'll keep these picture frames under my future's wing

And life doesn't owe me a thing

[Chorus]

And it's been a long time

I spent a long time running

But I'm finally in the clear

I was gonna be everything I wanted

But things are better here

And it's been a long time

I spent a long time running

But I'm finally in the clear

I was gonna be everything I wanted

But things are better here

And it's been a long time

I spent a long time running

But I'm finally in the clear

I was gonna be everything I wanted

But things are better here

And it's been a long time

I spent a long time running

But I'm finally in the clear

I was gonna be everything I wanted

But things are better here