Gone

All the way back home again

Before boys grew into men

Little budding astronauts

Making due with what we've got

Now we're on the other side

Trying to fit our heads inside

Rooms that felt so big back then

Now they fit inside our hands

So many treasures buried here

Rooms that all have since been cleared

Houses and now parking lots

Cover our old hiding spots

I didn't know what i'd find

I didn't know what i'd find in here

All of it is gone . . .

Escaped in a submarine underneath the stars

It's gone . . .

Memories like battleships exploding in the dawn

The lines that we've drawn

Stretching so long

All of them are gone

My stomach needs a parachute

I knew i shouldn't take this route

It's better in the rearview

You barely see the things you lose

Home is never coming back

I see the things i never lacked

It's covered now in neon lights

The purity of something white

I didn't know what i'd find

I didn't know what i'd find in here

All of it is gone . . .

Escaped in a submarine underneath the stars

It's gone . . .

Memories like battleships exploding in the dawn

The lines that we've drawn

Stretching so long

All of them are gone

Give me a slow release

A needle filled with peace

A firecracker sounds

Way above the clouds

I'm calling all my friends

To say hello again

Before they pack me in

Between two bookends, two bookends

Before everything is gone . . .

Escaped in a submarine underneath the stars

It's gone . . .

Memories like battleships exploding in the dawn

The lines that we've drawn

Stretching so long

Where did we go wrong?

Where did we go wrong?

All of them are gone