hate my hometown

I've always hated my hometown

Thought my life was just cursed

Goin' 'round in a circle

I tried to run from this hurt

Now I'm in a parking lot

Crying 'cause I miss my mom

Thought I hated my parents

Swore I'd never be them

But now that I'm older

I crave their hugs once again

And I know our love was flawed

But it was pure and just enough

I miss you

Like the sun misses the moon

I can't change you

So how do I love you?

I forced myself to be perfect

Made a world of my own

Wishing for a new family

An all-American home

Now I cry when someone new

Hugs me like you used to do

I wrote this song to say I'm sorry

For the times we used to fight

Tried to rewrite my own story

Of the worst years of my life

Now I can't cry 'cause

I miss you

Like the sun misses the moon

I can't change you

So how do I love you?

When we're miles apart

I'm broken from the start

I can't fix you

So how do I love you?

You don't have to say "I love you"

'Cause I've learned to understand you

Without words, without blame

And I know things will feel different

When you're gone, and I'm here listening

To the words we'd never say

Even after all I've broken and become

You always stayed