New Life (Original) Lyrics

All of my life backed into boxes

And all of my yearning in a letter I got lost in

Can't put a price on the house I was raised in

But that didn't matter when they came for an appraisal

The tree tops catch fire around the same time each night

Nine p.m. comes and the bell rings for the fight

I know I can't call for a third time this week

I'll do anything if it means you'll talk to me

Is it a new beginning or a grand finale?

Can't tie this pain up in a bow

I'm leaving my grandma's house and I'm not the same person that I was a year ago

I'm not ready, don't know if I'll ever be

But it's time to go

And you can still cry

Oh, you can still cry

You can still cry

While you start a new life

The bedroom upstairs where we first made love is empty and all closed up

The bench outside where you made me cry will be in a van tonight

Can't turn it around, no more ways out

My old life is dead and buried inside the house

My foot's on the gas but I'm looking back

Torn between the memory and the risk of a crash

Is it a new beginning or a grand finale?

Can't tie this pain up in a bow

I'm leaving my grandma's house and I'm not the same person that I was a year ago

I'm not ready, don't know if I'll ever be

But it's time to go

And you can still cry

Oh, you can still cry

You can still cry

Knick-knacks and loose tacks and watercolors from when I was five

Heartbreaks and lost days and a summer spent losing my life

Rugs pulled and bridges burned, and I was left treading in the water

Lifelines cut when they branded me the prodigal daughter

Bonfires and tripwires and misfires and lives lost to time

Hours I spent holding so hard to what wasn't mine

Wanted to be loved so much I pushed it away

Couldn't be good enough to make them stay

Feels like a new beginning and a grand finale all wrapped up and tied in a bow

They tell me that time heals all, but I'm still reeling from the things I felt a year ago

I can look back and still stay on track

'Cause the prodigal daughter is never coming back

And I'll let myself cry

While part of me dies

And I set off to try and start a new life