Somewhere In-Between

Lyrics

[Intro – Bright guitar riff, bass enters, drums kick in] I keep a light on in the hallway Like somebody's coming home There's a road outside my window And it never leaves me alone [Verse 1] There's a crack in the ceiling of my childhood room And a shoebox full of summers underneath the bed A ticket from a concert and a note I never sent To a girl who probably doesn't think of me again At seventeen I drew a map in permanent blue With a straight line from the driveway to the things I'd do But the rain got through the windshield, and the ink ran down Now I know a little more about getting lost in town [Pre-Chorus] The years go by like cars beneath a bridge I count their headlights, wonder where they went I used to think that growing up meant knowing everything Now I don't know what it means [Chorus – Wide guitars, stacked harmonies] I'm somewhere in between The kid I was and who I'm gonna be Got a pocket full of old dreams And a tank that's running on empty But the engine's still alive And the headlights cut the night I don't need the whole road laid out in front of me I'm not who I was I'm not who I thought I'd be I'm somewhere in between [Post-Chorus – Hook, handclaps] Oh-oh, somewhere in between Oh-oh, still a little out of reach Oh-oh, but I can feel it underneath There's more to me than yesterday [Verse 2] Drove past the house where all my friends would meet They painted over every handprint in the concrete The tree we swore we'd climb until we touched the sky Is leaning toward the power lines, still reaching just as high At a red light, an old song shook the speakers For a moment, I could hear us in the backseat Windows down, we'd scream the words we got wrong Like nothing in the world could ever move along Then the light turned green, and everybody drove And I laughed at how a song can make a grown man choke I kept it playing through the next three county lines Didn't try to turn back time [Pre-Chorus – Rising melody] The years go by, but they don't take it all Some things stay with you long after they fall I don't miss the person I was every single day Just the way the world looked then [Chorus] I'm somewhere in between The kid I was and who I'm gonna be Got a pocket full of old dreams And a tank that's running on empty But the engine's still alive And the headlights cut the night I don't need the whole road laid out in front of me I'm not who I was I'm not who I thought I'd be I'm somewhere in between [Instrumental – Dancing bassline, guitar riff, synth counter-melody] [Verse 3 – Half-time, intimate vocals] I called my dad on a Tuesday afternoon Asked him if he ever felt the way I do He said, “I still wake up and wonder what's ahead There's no magic age when all your doubts are dead” And something in the quiet of that ordinary call Made the mountains in my mind seem not so tall Maybe nobody's arriving at a perfect place Maybe living is the chase [Bridge – Sparse guitar, growing drums] If I could meet the boy who wrote that list I'd tell him half the things he wants he'll never miss And some of what will break his heart Will leave the windows open for a brighter start I'd say, “Go on and take the long way home Don't make a prison out of what you don't yet know Keep the photographs, but let the seasons change You can love a place without having to stay” [Breakdown – Bass and kick drum only] I used to measure every year By all the things that disappeared Now I count the ones who stayed And the little things I made The morning air, a familiar street A new song finding its way to me No grand arrival, no guarantee Just a thousand ways to be [Build – Chanting backing vocals] And I'm still here Still moving Still scared sometimes Still choosing One more turn One more mile One more reason I can smile [Final Chorus – Full band, soaring layered vocals] I'm somewhere in between The kid I was and who I'm gonna be Got a pocket full of old dreams And some new ones riding with me Yeah, the engine's still alive Watch the sunrise split the night I don't need the whole road laid out in front of me I'm not who I was And that's all right with me I'm somewhere in between [Outro – Opening riff returns, drums fall away] Oh-oh, somewhere in between Not a finish line, not a missing piece Oh-oh, and for once I finally see There's a little more road ahead of me I leave the light on in the hallway But tonight I take the keys