Four Years

[Verse 1]
All my friends have gone away
Sailing vessels leaving the bay
For the best four years and the promise of pay
But they don’t even know what they’re chasing

[Pre-Chorus]
Greater men have tried and failed

[Chorus]
And all this time I thought that I’d stay
As a ghost who would haunt this mountain
And all this time I thought that I’d stay
Alive in the ground digging out my coffin

[Verse 2]
Time was short on courts and pavement
We knew we had to leave
But did I make the most of every day
And did I give to not receive?
Are there any better words to express
The full extent of my grief?

[Interlude]
(It hits home) It hits home
(When you're not home) When you're not home
(There's no space to grow)
(And all this time not much to show)
When you're not home

[Chorus]
And all this time I thought that I'd stay
As a ghost who would haunt this mountain
Maybe I should hold my tongue
And do my best to live with the stress that's mounting

[Post-Chorus]
I never thought, I never thought
A bond was something we lacked
I gotta find another way
To keep myself intact

[Bridge]
I understand we all went away
So we could have the stories to share when we’re back
Try to pass the same old shit
To get ahead and start your paper stack

I never thought (I never thought)
A bond was something we lacked
I guess some of us just needed a change
To heal the bones we cracked

[Outro]
It takes four years away from your friends
To make you all forget how much time you spent