Hometown
cleopatrick Lyrics

Short cut to a quick buck is working all the time
It is a common practice to take shortcuts to earn money quickly.

Renting out your mind
People often put their thoughts aside to focus on their work or other commitments.

And saving every dime
People save money at all costs, even if it means giving up certain luxuries in life.

Because when ten of those combine
When several small savings are combined, they become a huge sum of money.

They cross a sacred line
The money one saves is a threshold between being poor and being wealthy.

And go from pocket change
Small savings can add up to a significant amount of money.

To a gold mine
All the savings one has done can turn into wealth.

She said she'd be down to hangout
A girl expressed interest in spending time with the artist.

With her parents out of town she was hoping I'm around
Since her parents were not home, she tries to get the artist's attention.

For a party at her vacant place
She invited the artist to a party at her place while her parents were gone.

I said I'd come showed up and felt out of place
The singer went to the party, but he realized he doesn't fit in.

So I headed home
The artist leaves the party because he feels uncomfortable.

That's when she text my phone and ask me where
The girl texted the singer, later on, to know where he is.

I was and when I said I was gone
The singer told her that he had left the party.

She broke my spine
The girl's rejection crushed the singer.

And in that pain
In the pain of rejection, the artist realizes something significant about his life.

I realized that every dime I'd ever saved
The artist realizes that all the money he saved up was not worth anything in the end.

Wasn't worth anything
The money he saved turns out to be useless in reality.

What's the drive in being alive when you don't know who you are?
What's the point of living if you don't have an identity and don't know yourself.

What's the fun in getting drunk if you can't take it too far?
What's the point of getting drunk if you don't experience the euphoric feeling it provides completely.

Yeah my friends are saying I've been wasting all my weekends contemplating
The artist's friends think he is wasting his weekends thinking about things instead of having fun.

If it's me or the booze that really gets wasted I don't even taste it
The artist is not aware of how much he drinks and doesn't even remember the taste of alcohol.

When I'm throwing back shots as if its a race then
The singer consumes alcohol quickly to train himself for consuming more.

So quickly chase them
He is always in a hurry to drink more.

Without a mouth I'm so down
The singer is hopeless and depressed.

My hometown only makes me feel alone
The singer's hometown makes him feel like an outcast.

And just when I
When the singer thought everything is going okay,

Hometown girls are my greatest fear
Girls from the artist's hometown scare him.

So in a couple days, I'll be off to college for another year
The artist is going to college for another year to escape his hometown.

Thinking 'I'm getting away by hitting the road
The singer thinks he escapes his problems by leaving the town.

Somehow she makes it to all of my shows now where can I go?'
The girl manages to find the singer wherever he goes.

Girl, it's a simple matter
The girl tells the artist that it is simple,

Put your painted finger on my tongue
Then asks the artist to do something trivial

So I can taste the lacquer
So the artist can experience something he hasn't before.

And relive each door that you have touched
The girl wants the singer to experience what she has experienced.

And then she split my lips
The girl kisses him.

And for three whole days
The singer was blown away by the experience for three days.

I tried to speak but everyone agreed they couldn't hear a word I'd say
The singer was speechless around others because of his experience.

Without a mouth I'm so down
The singer feels depressed and hopeless.

But my hometown only makes me feel alone
The artist's hometown makes him feel lonely.

Then just when I, I, I, I think I'm in the clear
When the artist feels everything is working out,

She hooks her hair behind her ears
The girl signals the singer to listen to her.

Says 'babe are you aware
She asks if he knows that

Of who I am?'
She is asking if he knows her true identity.

Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips,
Without communication, life is challenging.

But it sure ain't no fun with no teeth and no tongue
Having nothing to say and communicate makes it even harder to enjoy life.

I said 'life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips'
The singer repeats his earlier statement about life.