You promised that you'd get out by the time you were

Seventeen

Finally sign with that agent and I'd see you next

On my screen

I know

You don't wanna be here

And I know

You wish you were someone else so

The road would be easier

I know

Thought I could claw my way out of the vortex

I thought I was finally free

(Thought I was finally free)

But here I am, sinking in

It's taking a toll on me

You and I thought our lives would go differently

That we'd be spared the mundanity

(Thought we'd be spared)

But here we are once again

It's taking a toll on me

There's a price they don't tell you about

That you'll have to pay

Doomed to be a tourist

Chasing vestiges of faded signs and forgotten names

Forgotten names, forgotten names

I know

You don't wanna be here

And I know

You wish you were someone else so

The road would be easier

I know

Thought I could claw my way out of the vortex

I thought I was finally free

(Thought I was finally free)

But here I am, sinking in

It's taking a toll on me

You and I thought our lives would go differently

That we'd be spared the mundanity

(Thought we'd be spared)

But here we are once again

It's taking a toll on me

If I have to make a home in the pit

I'd rather be miserable with you

Diner coffee in the dead of the night

Crawl out by the time the sunlight hits

Not where we thought we'd end up

We all had other plans

I'd be the one who never came back

And you'd be the one they'd never forget

Forget, forget