Truth of My Youth

There was a time and place Where I never thought I'd leave my own hometown But those days finally Are dead and gone It was never my intention to stay there Oh no There was a conscious effort played by me To disown anything I see There was a girl I knew Way back when Who says she doesn't know me anymore These are the lies the things you never mention These are my past mistakes I'll stay away from These are my thoughts written down on paper It's my only savior From not saying what I want to say These are the thoughts that are on my mind Moments that haven't yet been defined And I don't know if you could ever understand These are the things I can't say when were alone. There were countless hours on the telephone My ears were ringing from the dial tone There were flashing lights People staring There was nothing I could ever do These are the lies the things you never mention These are my past mistakes I'll stay away from This is the truth The only time you'll hear it I write it down because it seems so hard to say it These are my thoughts written down on paper It's my only savior From not saying what I want to say These are the thoughts that are on my mind Moments that haven't yet been defined And I don't know if you could ever understand These are the things I can't say when we're alone