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Back In My Old Room lyrics
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Verse 1
Same door frame, same pencil marks - I clear 'em by a head, Work laptop on the homework desk, twin sheets on the bed, Trophy shelf been dusted, gran did that, not me, Participation gold still pointed at a kid I used to be, Charger reach the outlet if the desk moves half a foot, Closet full of letter jackets nobody ever took, I text the group chat "temporary" with a straight face on, Then fold my work slacks in a dresser with cartoons on.
Chorus
I'm back in my old room, back in my old room Ceiling fan spin slow like it never got the news, Glow stars on the ceiling doing what they always do, I'm back in my old room - grown man, twin bed, house rules.
Verse 2
Rent column say zero, pride column in the red, Groceries just appear like elves restock the bread, Gran hums in the kitchen, that's a plus by any math, Sunday she got company, I got a folded laundry stack, Curfew ain't a rule - she just glances at the clock, Not a word about it, but at ten the glancing don't stop, I run the numbers nightly like the spreadsheet gon' forgive, Savings graph say genius, twin headboard say different.
Verse 3
Friend called from his own place - heard the echo when he said it, Bare walls and a lease, three years of ramen to get it, He ain't say I folded, didn't have to, the room did, Empty square footage arguing better than a human could, I said "free laundry" and it bounced off of his drywall, Said "gran needs the company," heard my own voice U-turn, He stayed gone and broke, I came back and got liquid, Neither of us said "you lost" - the echo whispered it.
Bridge
Everything I'm saving Comes with pencil marks that prove How tall I was the last time I had nothing left to lose.
Verse 4
Gran's slippers in the hallway, pause outside my door, She don't knock, she never has to, that's what the pausing's for, Down payment getting closer, so's the part I can't admit: Half of me gon' miss the sentence I been trying to finish quick, Garage door groan at midnight, can't call which way it goes, Up sound like a beginning, down sound like a close, Run the tape in reverse, it's the exact sound leaving makes, Twenty-seven, doing math on which direction is the mistake.
Chorus
I'm back in my old room, back in my old room Ceiling fan spin slow like it never got the news, Glow stars on the ceiling doing what they always do, I'm back in my old room - grown man, twin bed, house rules.
Outro
Opening or closing? Back in my old room
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Same door frame, same pencil marks - I clear 'em by a head, Work laptop on the homework desk, twin sheets on the bed,
I'm back in my old room, back in my old room Ceiling fan spin slow like it never got the news,
Opening or closing? Back in my old room
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