Inside Your Concrete Home

All through the summer she grew mile after mile All through the summer she grew mile after mile Then once the days got shorter she woke up And walked to school with a smile Pictures where you stood on a pedestal and grinned Fall in the flood to salt the earth and birth the wind When everything you love is just in reach You'll never come back again So cozy up and start a new decade Inside your concrete home It'll take at least ten years To know if you're alone All through the summer she grew mile after mile She watched the rivers grip our necks with her trademark lack of guile Her head it brimmed so full of plans To skip along to safety with a smile Pictures where you stood on a pedestal and dreamt I can't provide the detail, I just know what it meant With no way to prove That it was ever more than mythology ever again With no way to summon back The idiots we both had been way back when So cozy up and start a new decade Inside your concrete home It'll take at least ten years To know if you're alone And you could try to start anew A town with reason to love you But you're the same You won't see any change And you could try to start anew A town that by default loves you But you're the same You'll only give them their own claim So close them out and start a new decade With those who you still own It'll take at least ten years To notice you're alone