Lyrics: Yan Qing
Music: Yan Qing
I’ ve got friends here in Toronto who wanna move away
they all say it with a sparkle, maybe the UK
but I’ve got friends out there in London, who say the very same
say they wanna live abroad, where it isn't wet and gray
I've got friends out in the city who work away like slaves
cause the floor is made of marble and it's a reputable name
and they look upon the dreamers, romanticize the chase
but i know a couple dreamers, and they all wish they got paid
I've got friends who've never dated, but wanna be in love
they' re on every application, tryna find the one
but the couples back form high school have just now broken up
said they want the space to grow, learn to be alone for once
And I used to be so tiny, I’d beg for me to grow
now I'm well into my 20s and I'm far away from home
somehow I think i got smaller, the more that i have grown
I got everything I wanted but I am still left wanting more
seems like we are all just contradictions in affliction over
all of our small decisions that we’ve made up till now
we’re always wondering how things could’ve been different if we chose a different route
and everyone is placing bets on these different destinations,
thinking once the get to these places then they’ll figure it out
but i'm left wondering now
if we'll ever arrive or if it can be found?
now it is almost graduation,
I don't know what to do
I don't wanna face the world, but i am also sick of school
I don't wanna be employed, but I don't wanna be poor
I want routine that is stable
but i'm always craving more
but i look upon my mother
who tells us that we're fine
and my tired looking father,
and my brother’s fragile mind
and i come to a conclusion, that it's not a place or time
it's in every conversation that I hold with them, that i know I' ve arrived