[Verse 1]

I was thinking out loud

In language I could not decode

Checkpoints on the turnpike

Academicizing my soul

If I turn this feeling off

Does that count as control?

Too young to trust progress

Too scared to be old

[Pre-Chorus]

It's a pretty free world

Don't mind the smell of smoke

It's an easy good time

If you overlook the things we broke

It's a champions ring

Just forget the signs we stole

[Chorus]

I'm banging on a trash can tryna get you home

Tryna get you home

Tryna get you home

[Verse 2]

It's a desert assault

A butter knife at your throat

Young lambs on the runway

Gotta sacrifice a few more

If I don't believe thе word

Does that make me feel wholе?

Too tired for the night watch

Can't sleep in a foxhole

[Pre-Chorus]

We were on the right track

Couldn't let the rest go

So we try to cheat time

Now watch the past laid low

It's a medalist’s run

Forget the pain you owe

[Chorus]

I'm banging on a trash can trying to get you home

Trying to get you home

[Bridge]

Don't you know

I do it ‘cause I love you

And I don't trust you to love me too

Don't you know

I'm just angry like a father

Mad that I'm not like you

Not yet hurt

By the darkness all around you

Let me take care of you

A gilded cage

A told-you-so

[Chorus]

I'm banging on a trash can trying to get you home

Trying to get you home

Trying to get you home