Nostalgia's Lie

It caught me off guard

Tears were streaming, my eyes were teeming

With all of nostalgia's lies

It emptied my heart

All the weight dropped out my stomach

With all my defences down

What is this place?

Can you take me back to somewhere darlin'

Where I feel safe?

Down the violet path and the oak tree hollow

Spinning and laughing

Was it ever what I thought it truly was?

Oh

These streets break my heart

There's pain unfurling and desperate yearning

For all my friends who are gone

Those were the times where we all had nothing

Most my friends are still against it

For all I've gained there's something lost

What is this place?

Can you take me back to somewhere darlin'?

These purple days

Left a violent mark on the oak tree hollow

I was, spinning and laughing

Was it ever what I thought it truly was?

Before I'm pushing up daisies

Give me a long heady summer

With arms open wide

I won't take this world for granted

I'll become what I've been asking

I'll accept the path that lays before my eyes

All my defences down

What is this place?

Can you take me back to somewhere darlin'

Where I feel safe?

Down the violet path and the oak tree hollow

I was, spinning and laughing

Was it ever what I thought it truly was?