Homegrown Lyrics

They can tell

The stories of you

And how you came unglued

But paid your dues

Whisper when you fell

Love to see you down

So you never came around

No, you never made a sound

A violence to the truth

A lie you tried to sell

Scars of your youth

Though you've hidden it well

It's freedom in a cell

Where wishes don't come true

Cause you're walking through hell

With a waterfront view

I left the city before it got this pretty

Said goodbye to all my pain

Planned to never come back again

Returned with ashes

Of the past that I had blackened

With every pill I had to take

It only amplified my pain

How do you forgive

The parts of you that live

In a place you tried to forget

The version of you that's left behind

Is not the one they'll find

When they're breaking down your life

Can you stand in the fire

When it's burning you up

And you've lost all desire

To be who you were

Now you're stuck in the shadow

Of the man you've become

Can you try to remember the good that you've done

So much good

Left to come

There's more room to stay

When you've learned how to run

Time can heal

What once was

If you're willing to lose

All the parts that you loved

I'm homegrown

I'm homegrown

I'm homegrown

I'm homegrown

I can sense

My father on the roof

Taking his last breath

And passing through

A child from the bluff

Where passion ain't enough

And trouble tracks you down

To try and steal your sound

It's a heroin dream

Where heroes die on scene

And you're never waking up

Till we all OD

Now I'm raising three little boys

In a place I learned to hate

But it made me what I am

And they love me that way

I left the city before it got this pretty

Said goodbye to all my pain

Planned to never come back again

Returned with ashes

Of the past that I had blackened

With every pill I had to take

It only amplified my pain

How do you forgive

The parts of you that live

In a place you tried to forget

The version of you that's left behind

Is not the one they'll find

When they're breaking down your life

Can you stand in the fire

When it's burning you up

And you've lost all desire

To be who you were

Now you're stuck in the shadow

Of the man you've become

Can you try to remember the good that you've done

So much good

Left to come

There's more room to stay

When you've learned how to run

Time can heal

What once was

If you're willing to lose

All the parts that you loved

I'm homegrown

I'm homegrown

I'm homegrown

I'm homegrown.