In my earlier years
I was too young to fear
The danger was near
Not born, but raised
In the mid-90s rage
In my suburban cage
Just south of the lake
We snuck out so late
And we ran from the cops
We hid in the church
My father was mad
We climbed the roof
Watched the morning appear
This hill country view
Can hold on to you
They fell out of love
Then ran out of cash
They were trying their best
Their children went west
Through the valley of death
Not knowing a thing
We're Chuck and Irene
They arrived at the coast
My brother and I
Two Texas to hide
Still cuts in our eyes
Well, it was sink or swim
And I sank like a stone
Back to Austin I went
To my grandmother's home
It was just out of reach
One high school away
I felt so alone
I felt so alone
I made that red-headed girl cry
I told her God was dead
That it was all in her head
I felt so alone
The next day was black
From the drugs that I ate
The whole trip finally peaked
The devil in me
I crawled so far inside
There we were eye to eye
The demons and me
We were thinking the same thing
My daddy arranged
Me, put on a plane
"Our son's lost his way
Heal in Jesus' name"
I fell into Grace
My demons and me
Will stand in the light
I'll promise to keep
Then I grew to a man
This light had fallen dim
I roam through the Earth
Not giving a shit
Like a ghost from the past
Somehow she saw me
And everyone that I've been
She put them back into reach
I met her by chance
In a Fresno bar
She pulled me right out of the pit
With lovin' right in her heart
With my cup overflowin'
Back to Austin we go
The city has changed
And so have I
But it's never left my mind
The holiest of Commanche hills
The cedar smell, the midnight thrills
Austin, don't let me go
Austin, don't let me go
Austin, don't let me go
Austin, don't let me go
You wound me in In my earlier years I was too young to fear The danger was near Not born, but raised In the mid-90s rage In my suburban cage Just south of the lake We snuck out so late And we ran from the cops We hid in the church My father was mad We climbed the roof Watched the morning appear This hill country view Can hold on to you They fell out of love Then ran out of cash They were trying their best Their children went west Through the valley of death Not knowing a thing We're Chuck and Irene They arrived at the coast My brother and I Two Texas to hide Still cuts in our eyes Well, it was sink or swim And I sank like a stone Back to Austin I went To my grandmother's home It was just out of reach One high school away I felt so alone I felt so alone I made that red-headed girl cry I told her God was dead That it was all in her head I felt so alone The next day was black From the drugs that I ate The whole trip finally peaked The devil in me I crawled so far inside There we were eye to eye The demons and me We were thinking the same thing My daddy arranged Me, put on a plane "Our son's lost his way Heal in Jesus' name" I fell into Grace My demons and me Will stand in the light I'll promise to keep Then I grew to a man This light had fallen dim I roam through the Earth Not giving a shit Like a ghost from the past Somehow she saw me And everyone that I've been She put them back into reach I met her by chance In a Fresno bar She pulled me right out of the pit With lovin' right in her heart With my cup overflowin' Back to Austin we go The city has changed And so have I But it's never left my mind The holiest of Commanche hills The cedar smell, the midnight thrills Austin, don't let me go Austin, don't let me go Austin, don't let me go Austin, don't let me go Explain Request ×
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