Inside Your Town Is Inside Your Head
Kaurna Cronin Lyrics

The song "Inside Your Town Is Inside Your Head" by Kaurna Cronin is a reflection on the idea of leaving a place behind and the emotions that come with it. The song begins with the singer slipping out of a place and feeling guilty for potentially waking someone up or interrupting their pretend play. The lyrics "I thought you were weeping, when I slipped out, the screen door slams, maybe you awoke or stopped playing pretend, I'm not going to lie no more, I'm not going to lie again" suggest that the singer is leaving something behind and trying to move on. The guilt of leaving and the realization that there's no going back is apparent in the lyrics "I'm not going to lie no more, I'm not going to lie again."

The song then shifts to the idea of running and the reasons we do it. The lyrics "Are you tired of running and not getting ahead? There are reasons that we run you know, they're all inside your head" suggest that we often run away from things that are inside our own heads. The singer reflects on leaving a place behind and not being tied down anymore. The lyrics "I could have stayed, but my mind sniffed at the old decay, eighteen years, I kissed this place goodbye, no more last nights in the same hotels, where the coopers sells and all the sense I had went down the wishing well, this city ain't dead to me, it's got an eternal last breath" suggest that the singer was done with a certain lifestyle and wanted something more.

The song ends with the singer reflecting on the differences between two people in a town. The lyrics "The newspaper falls on your east side porch, the radio reports another white wine display, there's one who fights and one who races, up through the hills and interstate" suggest that there are different people with different lifestyles and aspirations, and that ultimately the reasons we run are all inside our own heads.