Close Enough To Home

[Verse] I almost chose a farther road Almost packed a bigger dream But seventeen was standing there Quietly staring back at me October came and changed my age But not the child inside So I chose a campus close enough For someone else to drive [Pre Chorus] Everybody said the future Like it was easy to pronounce I was learning lecture halls And how to not completely drown [Chorus] Close enough to home Close enough to breathe Far enough to start again But near enough to leave Close enough to home I didn’t know it then I wasn’t scared of growing up I was scared of no one sending me [Verse] Morning roads and traffic lights Parents waiting near the gate I walked in like an adult With a half-packed teenage brain Friends from other chapters Some were near and some were gone One familiar face went distant And the semester carried on [Pre Chorus] I thought I chose the campus But maybe fear chose too Maybe wisdom sometimes sounds like Don’t go too far too soon [Chorus] Close enough to home Close enough to breathe Far enough to start again But near enough to leave Close enough to home I didn’t know it then I wasn’t scared of growing up I was scared of no one sending me [Bridge] And now I look back softer At that boy beside the road He wasn’t weak for needing help He was carrying more than he showed First semester, first confusion First time trying to belong A young heart in a big campus Pretending he was strong [Chorus] Close enough to home Close enough to stay Far enough to meet myself But near enough to be okay Close enough to home That was not a smaller dream It was how I kept surviving While becoming me [Outro] October light March rain First-year boy Learning his name