Lyrics
Somewhere in a shiny town
Somewhere in a bright and attractive town
That we have never seen
A place that is unfamiliar to us
There's a pretty house in a neighborhood
There exists an attractive house in a community
Where the grass is always green
Where the environment is always serene and ideal
The children laugh and ride their bikes
Children enjoy laughter and bike rides
Down the perfect empty street
Along a flawlessly quiet street
And they race back when they're called home
They return promptly when summoned for dinner
To come sit down for dinner
To gather for a meal together
I wanna live in Vermont
Expressing a desire to live in Vermont
I wanna have the life that we talked about
Yearning for the life previously discussed
I wanna get a dog
Expressing a wish to own a dog
I wanna work my ass off
Willing to work hard for success
And buy us a house
Aspire to purchase a home together
I wanna leave right now
Expressing a strong desire to leave immediately
Get on a plane
Wanting to take a flight and depart from the current town
And get out of this sleepy old town
Leaving the current unexciting town behind
I wanna move to Vermont
Reiterating the desire to move to Vermont
Start a new life
To initiate a fresh start in life
And finally settle down
Finally, looking forward to settling down
Somewhere in a universe
In an alternate universe
That we have never been
A place not experienced by the speaker
There's a version of our lives
Imagining a version of their lives
Where we stuck through thick and thin
Where they persevered through challenges
Where I never had to meet you
Where the speaker never met the person in a parking lot
In the parking lot that day
Reflecting on a moment of initial encounter
Where I never had to say goodbye
Wishing there was no need to say goodbye
'Cause you never went away
Fantasizing about a reality where the person stayed
And we moved to Vermont
Envisioning a life in Vermont with the person
We got the life that we talked about
Achieving the envisioned life through hard work
We got a dog
Owning a dog as part of their life
Worked our asses off
Demonstrating dedication and effort in their endeavors
And bought a house
Successfully purchasing a house together
Saved up over summer
Saving money over the summer to reach their goals
Made it there by the time
Arriving in Vermont as the snow falls
The snow was falling down
Imagining a retirement scenario in Vermont
Retiring in Vermont
With grown children and remnants of a wedding gown
Two grown kids
An idyllic picture of their future
And a dusty old wedding gown
Recognizing that it's all a product of imagination
But it's all in my head
Admitting to excessive daydreaming
I daydream too much
Acknowledging the tendency to daydream too much
Way more than I should
Highlighting the discrepancy between dreams and reality
It's all in my head
Reiterating the theme of excessive daydreaming
I shoulda known
Expressing a realization that the person was genuinely good
You were too true to be good
Recognizing the person's true nature
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