Moving Day
from The Royal Bones EP by The Royal Bones
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about
The period between graduating high school and when I got married was a very tumultuous one. I started to pull away from a lot of people close to me and after a while, the four walls started to feel more like a prison than a house. After Jordan and I got our own place, I vowed to never let a situation make me feel like that again. Even though I know it was more the mindset than the structure itself, the image of packing up boxes and moving my life to another space was very healing in a way to start again, and create a space that I could control and was very happy with. --A
lyrics
In case you haven't noticed I've grown
Ripping up my roots for fields unknown
My ear to the sky, I wave my goodbyes
These bridges were meant to burned
And I'll pack up my things
Hand me a shovel for all the memories
Knickknacks and unanswered questions--
What I thought had given me life
Is suffocating me
Letting go of what I had perceived
To be necessary, would you believe?
Don't look back
When I leave home.
Have some champagne for passing away
Death of my childhood, moving day
I've moved up in the world
Or so they have told me
But upward looks a lot like drowning
Under all my questions, expectations
Bewilderment, judgment
And haven't I told you
My worth doesn't rely on the weight of all these boxes
And I'm watering down my blood
To see who I never was.
Don't look back
When I leave home.
I may not have the world, but I hold my own
Sticking four walls into the earth doesn't make it home
Can't turn back now when my eyes lust after the sun
I appear too bright, and you ask me, what have I become?
And, what have I done?
When I leave home.
Ripping up my roots for fields unknown
My ear to the sky, I wave my goodbyes
These bridges were meant to burned
And I'll pack up my things
Hand me a shovel for all the memories
Knickknacks and unanswered questions--
What I thought had given me life
Is suffocating me
Letting go of what I had perceived
To be necessary, would you believe?
Don't look back
When I leave home.
Have some champagne for passing away
Death of my childhood, moving day
I've moved up in the world
Or so they have told me
But upward looks a lot like drowning
Under all my questions, expectations
Bewilderment, judgment
And haven't I told you
My worth doesn't rely on the weight of all these boxes
And I'm watering down my blood
To see who I never was.
Don't look back
When I leave home.
I may not have the world, but I hold my own
Sticking four walls into the earth doesn't make it home
Can't turn back now when my eyes lust after the sun
I appear too bright, and you ask me, what have I become?
And, what have I done?
When I leave home.
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from The Royal Bones EP,
released February 14, 2014
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The Royal Bones Bangor, Maine
An indie rock duo from Bangor, Maine who fell in love with music long before they fell in love with each other. Drawing from a wide range of influences and musical genres, The Royal Bones is comprised of two musical souls who desire to be honest about their lives, emotions, their faith, struggles and hopes while crafting gorgeous, vocally driven music. ... more
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