Long Way
Journey of Nostalgia: Hayden Muir's Reflections on Home
Lyrics
Long way from Washington County, from Allegheny
Expressing distance from Washington County and Allegheny.
Long way from Frostburg, from the town that raised me
Highlighting a significant distance from Frostburg, the town of upbringing.
I'm just my momma's baby, I'm just my momma's baby
Emphasizing the speaker's identity as their mother's child.
I've been missing home lately, home lately
Conveying a recent feeling of homesickness.
I remember all them summer nights, I used to sit up in that room alone and listen while the trucks went by
Recalling solitary moments listening to passing trucks during summer nights.
Hearing all the birds out singing in the sunrise, windows open all the time and that was no surprise
Describing a past experience of open windows and birdsong at sunrise.
Yeah, you used to come up to my room and you would read to me, we would take turns saying rhymes like need and be
Remembering shared reading moments and wordplay with someone in the speaker's room.
I guess you could say that's where I gained my creativity, and since then it's added on quite tremendously
Attributing the development of creativity to these shared experiences.
Quite tremendously, my creativity
Reiterating the significant impact of creativity on the speaker's life.
Now I'm rhyming on each these beats like a line of symmetry
Comparing the speaker's rhyming on beats to a line of symmetry.
Line of symmetry
Repeating the concept of a line of symmetry in creative expression.
Long way from Washington County, from Allegheny
Reiterating the distance from Washington County and Allegheny.
Long way from Frostburg, from the town that raised me
Re-emphasizing the distance from Frostburg, the town of upbringing.
I'm just my momma's baby, I'm just my momma's baby
Affirming the speaker's identity as their mother's child.
I've been missing home lately, home lately
Restating the recent feeling of homesickness.
Working hard or hardly work, I don't know the difference
Pondering the blurred line between working hard and hardly working.
I see people around me faking, don't know why they acting different
Observing people around the speaker behaving inauthentically.
Feeling down about my style, yeah I think I might just switch it
Contemplating a potential change in personal style.
I can't lie and say I'm fine when I know deep inside I'm hating
Admitting internal struggles and dissatisfaction.
My life is trifling, going down the drain, I can't help but scope the rifle in
Describing a sense of despair and contemplation of drastic measures.
Got my eyes on the prize and I ain't stopping till the end
Expressing determination to reach a goal without giving up.
I ain't never gonna quit, best believe that this my shit, yeah
Asserting confidence and ownership of the speaker's creative work.
Best believe that this my shit, yeah
Repeating the assertion of ownership and confidence.
I ain't never gonna quit, yeah
Reaffirming the speaker's commitment to their creative pursuits.
Got my eyes on the prize and I ain't stopping till the end, yeah
Reiterating the determination to persist until reaching the end goal.
Till the end yeah
Repeating the commitment to persist until the end.
Long way from Washington County, from Allegheny
Restating the distance from Washington County and Allegheny.
Long way from Frostburg, from the town that raised me
Re-emphasizing the distance from Frostburg, the town of upbringing.
I'm just my momma's baby, I'm just my momma's baby
Affirming the speaker's identity as their mother's child.
I've been missing home lately, home lately
Reiterating the recent feeling of homesickness.
Long way from Washington County, from Allegheny
Once again, expressing distance from Washington County and Allegheny.
Long way from Frostburg, from the town that raised me
Re-emphasizing the distance from Frostburg, the town of upbringing.
I'm just my momma's baby, I'm just my momma's baby
Affirming the speaker's identity as their mother's child.
I've been missing home lately, home lately
Concluding with a restatement of the recent feeling of homesickness.
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