Welcome to Nowhere

[Intro]
[Verse]
Window sill is cold and wet
Chipped black polish, no regret
Ripped my backpack at the seam
Crumpled notes of a dead dream
Mom is sleeping down the hall
Dad don't know me at all
Sneaking past the kitchen light
I’m not coming home tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m sick of playing the part
Of the girl with the hollow heart
The summer rain is starting to bite
I’m setting fire to the night
[Chorus]
Hey, "Welcome to our Perfect Town"
I’m gonna burn this billboard down
You left for track and a preppy life
Left me bleeding on a butter knife
I’m screaming till my throat is raw
Breaking every suburban law
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I’m gone
So long
Perfect Town
Burn it down
[Verse]
Eyeliner running down my face
Hate the silence of this place
Neon sign at the diner glows
Where I’m going? No one knows
You wanted trophies on a shelf
I just wanted to be myself
Ten miles out on the interstate
I’m finally deciding my own fate
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m sick of playing the part
Of the girl with the hollow heart
The summer rain is starting to bite
I’m setting fire to the night
[Chorus]
Hey, "Welcome to our Perfect Town"
I’m gonna burn this billboard down
You left for track and a preppy life
Left me bleeding on a butter knife
I’m screaming till my throat is raw
Breaking every suburban law
[Breakdown]
(Ukulele returns, voice shaky)
I thought you were the one
Now I’m just coming undone
(Guitars crash in, screaming)
I’M SEVENTEEN
I’M NOT A MACHINE
I HATE THIS STREET
I HATE YOUR FEET
RUNNING AWAY TO A BETTER VIEW
FUCK THIS TOWN AND FUCK YOU TOO
[Bridge]
No more curfews, no more lies
Watch the anger in my eyes
Passing the sign at eighty-five
First time I’ve felt alive
Truly alive
[Chorus]
Hey, "Welcome to our Perfect Town"
I’m gonna burn this billboard down
You left for track and a preppy life
Left me bleeding on a butter knife
I’m screaming till my throat is raw
Breaking every suburban law
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I’m gone
So long
Perfect Town
Burn it down
[Outro]