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Home is Where the Hart Is

from 9 Casler by As A Lark

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I haven't had a home since I was seventeen years old and
I'm done being scared of what that means, I've learned to love these streets
They made a Patty Hearst out of me, I just can't up and leave
And all these landmarks remind me of things I'll never be

Like how I wish my voice was higher, and maybe not so gruff
I wish I wasn't so tired, I'm only twenty. What the fuck?
Wish I wasn't so angry at the God I don't believe in and the world I'm not too fond of either
Wish someone would have told me it's gonna get hard, you gotta learn to take the punches and get harder

I'm not new and I'm not old
My life burns like these Parliaments, fast then slow
No one talks to me but everyone knows who I am
Things seem so short when they're over but take forever to happen

I used to say that my life was just lyrics that I
Sang to strangers every Friday night
But now I think it's more like making sure that I
Don't surpass my philosophical grounds for being a human being
Because when I'm not at work I'm fucked up, and if I'm not fucked up I'm planning
How to get fucked up when I'm not working
It's not even that I need to, I just don't know what else to do
And everyone I know is in the same boat
I just need to get the fuck out of this Christian small town
Where everyone you meet is a:
Pothead, racist, ignorant Republican, anti-intellectual, 18, pregnant and born again
Redneck, metal head, frat boy sexist party kid, no fun social conservative
Or a bitch

So hey, Gainesville, hey, Quantana Roo
The next time I come back to you
I'm calling you home
I waited way too fucking long
Wrote too many sad songs
Spent too many nights sad, angry, high, and alone
And I can't ignore the science
Location's not compliant
A new city's not a new story
You can't change your genre that easily
And I'm still the same old me
The me I can't stand being
And that won't change with new scenery
So listen to me, I think

Everyone's got these pipe dreams of escaping, and I'm no exception
And you can chalk this up to cynicism, but I
I'm pretty sure of it
That it's not just here, everywhere is shit

It's not where you are, it's where everyone else is
Your hometown's your home whether or not you hate it
It's not where you are, it's where everyone else is
Let's find our hearts and live
It's not as hard as we think it is

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from 9 Casler, released October 1, 2013

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They have more elaborate calls than most birds, and often extravagant songs given in display flight. These melodious sounds (to human ears), combined with a willingness to expand into anthropogenic habitats — as long as these are not too intensively managed — have ensured larks a prominent place in literature and music. ... more

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