Redshift Lyrics

It's the 42nd parallel

But half of this bar

They talk like they're from somewhere else

With a fake southern drawl

It's like I turned the AM dial

Sliding through to get a beer

I'll stick around a little while

But I don't wanna be long here

They fly the rebel flag in Michigan

They're born with the right

Grandkids of militiamen

Bred for the fight

I hear these villains playing victim

Though they're falling on deaf ears

The same words sounded different

Back when I belonged here

Those same words sounded different

Back when I belonged here

I knew these men as kids

When I was like 'em myself

Righteous with an ignorance

Unknown to itself

But gravity took over

I saw a world beyond this sphere

If it'd pulled me closer

I still might belong here

Instead, I came back every Christmas

Bit my tongue till it bled

Felt my closest grow distant

As their blue blood went red

Felt 'em recognize a stranger

Too far gone to draw in near

Didn't notice I was changing

Till I didn't belong here

Didn't notice I was changing

Till I didn't belong here

Now, I'm drunk under the glimmer

Of a thousand more stars

And they'll go red as they grow dimmer

Till they're lost to the dark

I'll be restless in my searching

As heaven disappears

Man, I used to be so certain

Back when I belonged here

So here's to every nowhere village

To the dark-hidden stars

To the places god no longer visits

Or sends his regards

I left here for a reason

Way back then it wasn't clear

With some distance now I see it

I don't wanna belong here

With some distance now I see it

I don't wanna belong here