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Long Way Home Lyrics
We're taking the long way home
Taking the long way home
(Luke)
Take me back to the middle of nowhere
Back to the place only you and I share
Remember all the memories,
The fireflies and make believe
Kicking back in the old school yard,
Singing songs on our guitars
This is our reality;
Crazy, stupid, you and me
(Calum)
We know this is the way it's supposed to be
(All)
So we're taking the long way home
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you
Talking about nothing, yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home tonight
Taking the long way home
(Michael)
Now we're stuck in the middle of nowhere, yeah
You know we took our time to get there
We're hiding out in a dream
Catching fire like kerosene
And you know I'd never let you down
'Til the sun comes up, we can own this town
Something like make believe,
Living in a movie scene
(Calum)
We know this is the way it's supposed to be
(All)
So we're taking the long way home
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you
Talking about nothing, yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home
Taking the long way home
(Calum)
Hitting every red light,
Kissing at the stop signs darling,
Green Day's on the radio
And everything is alright,
Now we're turning off the headlights, darling
We're just taking it slow
(Luke)
So we're taking the long way home
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
(All)
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you
Talking about nothing, yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home tonight
Taking the long way home
(Calum)
Hitting every red light,
Kissing at the stop signs darling,
Green Day's on the radio
And everything is alright,
Now we're turning off the headlights, darling
We're just taking it slow
(All)
Taking the long way home
We're taking the long way home
We're taking the long way home
Taking the long way home
Take me back to the middle of nowhere
Back to the place only you and I share
Remember all the memories,
The fireflies and make believe
Singing songs on our guitars
This is our reality;
Crazy, stupid, you and me
We know this is the way it's supposed to be
So we're taking the long way home
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you
Talking about nothing, yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home tonight
Taking the long way home
Now we're stuck in the middle of nowhere, yeah
You know we took our time to get there
We're hiding out in a dream
Catching fire like kerosene
'Til the sun comes up, we can own this town
Something like make believe,
Living in a movie scene
We know this is the way it's supposed to be
So we're taking the long way home
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you
Talking about nothing, yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home
Taking the long way home
Hitting every red light,
Kissing at the stop signs darling,
Green Day's on the radio
Now we're turning off the headlights, darling
We're just taking it slow
So we're taking the long way home
'Cause I don't wanna be wasting my time alone
(All)
I wanna get lost and drive forever with you
Talking about nothing, yeah whatever baby
So we're taking the long way home tonight
Taking the long way home
Hitting every red light,
Kissing at the stop signs darling,
Green Day's on the radio
Now we're turning off the headlights, darling
We're just taking it slow
Taking the long way home
We're taking the long way home
We're taking the long way home
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This song is about wanting to spending every last minute with that one person and remembering the good times before you leave off to somewhere. That's why they are taking the "long way home".
I guess this song is about just having teenage easy fun with someone you love. Like a sort of "carpe diem", living the moment, but not doing anything in particular. Simply a journey going home taking the longest way, laughing, remembering the old times and singing along to a Green Day song on the radio.