[Intro: Dylan Owen]

I did a year in the Ivy League

But I don't know where I'm from, cause every time I'm in love, I decide to leave

There's a compass that I keep inside of me

And my destination is pointing to a destiny I might not reach

They'll write a story 'bout our novelty

Up on the hillside below the horizon where the sun shines free

Hey I've never been a settler but oh my god how I miss my colony

[x2]

Carry me on

[Verse 1: Dylan Owen]

This past year's a mystery

I'm surprised it didn't finish me off

Cause I learned all about history

And psychology of course

But I could never wait to see the planes fly

With a half-empty glass, I raised mine

A toast to the hope we'd been waiting to find

I would never burn a bridge so gorgeous ain't gonna lie

I said I'm too tired of this constantly changing

And I think about my old home, it's probably raining

Am I freer? Surfacing cleaner than IKEA?

Hence your name, knew you'd understand why I had to flock here

I've been around the world and back got no scars

For all the friends I'm not close with, postcards

I don't think I'm comfortable dorming

Well that's barely a necessity at one in the morning

I woke up on back to an English girl asking

If she would like my words as much without my New York accent

I don't know, I get home, for a second then I go

And lock eyes with some strangers I'll never get to know

Saying

[Hook: Dylan Owen]

I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep

I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep

I know we're alone for the minute but no matter how we finish this'll always be a home for me

In a circle I found it then

That this life is gonna bring us around again

So no matter what you say I won't be

I won't leave, I won't leave, I won't leave

Carry me on

[Verse 2: Dylan Owen]

I pressed eject on my memory card

Took the camera with me, if I ever see dark

I'll flash right back to you wherever we are

Because our separate sediments settled, veteran hearts

I've been to the center of the world

Yeah I've been to the center of the world

I've been to the center of the world

And it's just a hard core

Like heavy guitars

I'm saying I don't wanna know right know

Feeling so locked down

Looking up, tracing heaven in stars

I rode my lane until I broke my pain

We were camping out frozen on the beach, you didn't know my name

It'd been a while since I shook my fate

He dressed like Kanye but he looked like Drake

I was learning how to balance

Steady on the longboard

Watching my roommate draw Becky from the warm shore

We took the car down to Buttermilk Falls

At midnight, the water wasn't that cold at all

But I didn't jump in, you know why?

Because it would have been a while till my soul dried

[Hook: Dylan Owen]

I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep

I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep

I know we're alone for the minute but no matter how we finish this'll always be a home for me

In a circle I found it then

That this life is gonna bring us around again

So no matter what you say I won't be

I won't leave, I won't leave, I won't leave

Carry me on

[Bridge: Dylan Owen]

They say that Ithaca is Fences now

And ever since they put them up none of us are getting out

They say that Ithaca is Fences now

And ever since they put them up none of us are getting out

They say that Ithaca is Fences now

And ever since they put them up none of us are getting out

Well take it from me, cause I'm on my way

This'll always look gorgeous from so far away

[Outro: Aidan Cooper]

If we fall asleep tonight

Our love will keep us warm

And you know these days will pass us by

Until we all wake up on our own