Everything around me seems so much different than where I'm from
And at this rate I think my fate's been sealed, this life's so unpredictable
We'll go continue to live a life that no one knows
Where's this gonna go?

Right here, right now, this is
The beginning of the end (hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I won't sing one single thing until we can get this right
I'm moving on, I'm moving on

Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go
Go

Everything about me seemed so much different when I was young
I couldn't wait to take my place five years have passed, good God, have I been gone?
So, why? I've never felt so alone in my whole life
Time's not on my side

Right here, right now, this is
The beginning of the end (hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I won't sing one single thing until we can get this right
I'm moving on, I'm moving on

Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go

And why's this make me so nervous?
Why does everything go wrong?
Why's this make me so nervous?
Why does everything go wrong?

I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, but we're not there yet
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, we're moving forward

I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, but we're not there yet
I'm holding onto a fairytale
We're moving forward, we're moving forward

Hey mom, I wrote you some soft songs
And tell dad I'm just fine
We had to choose, we made our moves
And now we gotta go

And why's this make me so nervous?
(You make me so, you make me so)
Why does everything go wrong?
And why's this make me so nervous?
(You make me so, you make me so)
Why does everything go wrong?


Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11, edited by xSpringx, SirDalvion, Ecaw

Homesick Lyrics as written by Jeremy Wade Mckinnon Thomas H. Jr. Denney

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    i think its like then describing their rise to fame as a total band and they are just describing their experience

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