Lyrics
It's a long long way from the boulevards
Expressing the distance from the bustling streets to a more remote area.
Where the streets are turning into roads
Highlighting the transformation of urban streets into more rural roads.
There's something out here in the nightfall
Sensing something mysterious or compelling in the approaching night.
Telling me I can't go home
Feeling a force preventing the return home.
There's a fear out here in the heartland
Describing fear present in the heartland or a rural area.
Sometimes I just wanna be afraid
Expressing a desire to experience fear at times.
It's like a new frontier before my eyes
Comparing the current situation to an unexplored frontier.
And it's daring me to throw it away
Feeling challenged to take risks and face the unknown.
So if you wanna leave this place
Offering to leave the current place.
I can get us outta here tonight
Promising to find a way out of the current situation tonight.
If you wanna leave this place
Repeating the willingness to leave the current place.
How far to the city of July
Asking about the distance to the "City of July," possibly a metaphorical place.
There's a blood bath over on the south side
Describing a violent situation on the south side.
And a concrete jungle in the east
Mentioning a chaotic and urban environment in the east.
Somebody pouring out tears where the innocent laugh
Noting a contrast between tears and laughter in a troubled location.
But we've still got something to believe
Retaining a sense of belief despite challenges.
I don't wanna go out on the interstate
Expressing a reluctance to travel on the interstate due to overuse.
Cause the highways are traveled too much
Highlighting a sense of almost being gone and almost being young.
It's like we're almost gone and we're almost young
Describing a feeling that is intangible but significant.
It's a feeling but it can't be touched
Reflecting on a past summer night when everything was lost.
We were born that summer night when we lost it all
Connecting birth to a significant summer night and the subsequent loss.
Remember all that summertime how we knew that fall
Reminiscing about the summer and anticipating the fall as a season for escape.
Was a season for the runaways and we needed to get lost
Emphasizing the need to get lost as a form of escape.
It's a long long way from the boulevards
Reiterating the distance from busy boulevards to more secluded areas.
Where the streets are turning into roads
Echoing the transformation of streets into roads.
And there's something out here in the nightfall
Repeating the sense of something compelling in the approaching night.
Telling me we're almost home
Feeling that the destination or home is almost within reach.
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