When the floorboards creek
In the corner of my room
I invite the monsters
To come and sit with me
If I can hear them
They're indiscrete and careless
So maybe we can find some common ground
In taking steps ungracefully
Ungracefully
Acting like when things are going South
A proverbial push North is all I need
Ungracefully
Ungraceful, I've worn out my excuse
And an aimless kid isn't as cute
At 17
I've been chasing the high
Of finishing something for once in my whole life
Sick and tired of the relapse
Because I always give up (I always give up)
And maybe it's time I went back to Vilnius
To find where I should be
Well, the streets, they bend along the river
But I don't think they'll be as courteous to me
Woah-oh-oh-oh
How did I end up here
With a head full of dreams
And a piece of paper blank
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Will I ever amount to something
Instead of giving up halfway
(A waste a disappointment)
What a shame
Woah-oh-oh-oh
How did I end up here
With a head full of dreams
And a piece of paper blank
Woah-oh-oh-oh
How did I end up here
With a head full of dreams
And a piece of paper blank
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Will I ever amount to something
Instead of giving up halfway
(A waste a disappointment)
What a goddamn shame
Woah-oh-oh-oh
How the fuck did I end up here
With a head full of dreams
And a piece of paper
And a piece of paper blank
They tore down the old movie theater on my street
Built up a modern art museum
Kept the sign as a memory
You can make out the traces of broken in graffiti
Around the edges
A faded puzzle piece of the past is all it'll ever be
And it's the old against the backdrop of the new
Anywhere you'd look
I guess my new's becoming old
In the time that I've been away from home
(Wherever that is)
But I remember the cobblestone streets
How they twist and turn along the river
Cross paths and meet
And any way you choose to go
You'll always end up where you need to be
When in Vilnius
You'll find your place eventually
We climbed up Three Cross Hill in the middle of the night
It was hot and we were tired
But our eyes lit up with the city lights
And we saw Cathedral square
And it'd never looked so bright
I guess if God won't show some love
Then the fluorescents might
But I remember the cobblestone streets
How they twist and turn along the river
Cross paths and meet
And any way you choose to go
You'll always end up where you need to be
When in Vilnius
You'll find your place eventually
And it's been hard
I put those memories up on the shelf
And it's been hard
You don't answer calls anymore and I'm left talking to myself
Just like I've been for the last 8 months
I can't stay in this fucking rut
But the dial tone won't let me go
And just the thought of having something
To remind me why I'm here
Makes me want to go back home
But I remember the cobblestone streets
How they twist and turn along the river
Cross paths and meet
And any way you choose to go
You'll always end up where you need to be
When in Vilnius
You'll find your place eventually
You'll find your place eventually
I hope I find my place eventually
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