Ithaca is Gorgeous

[Intro: Dylan Owen]
I did a year in the Ivy League
But I don't know where I'm from, cause every time I'm in love, I decide to leave
There's a compass that I keep inside of me
And my destination is pointing to a destiny I might not reach
They'll write a story 'bout our novelty
Up on the hillside below the horizon where the sun shines free
Hey I've never been a settler but oh my god how I miss my colony
[x2]
Carry me on

[Verse 1: Dylan Owen]
This past year's a mystery
I'm surprised it didn't finish me off
Cause I learned all about history
And psychology of course
But I could never wait to see the planes fly
With a half-empty glass, I raised mine
A toast to the hope we'd been waiting to find
I would never burn a bridge so gorgeous ain't gonna lie
I said I'm too tired of this constantly changing
And I think about my old home, it's probably raining
Am I freer? Surfacing cleaner than IKEA?
Hence your name, knew you'd understand why I had to flock here
I've been around the world and back got no scars
For all the friends I'm not close with, postcards
I don't think I'm comfortable dorming
Well that's barely a necessity at one in the morning
I woke up on back to an English girl asking
If she would like my words as much without my New York accent
I don't know, I get home, for a second then I go
And lock eyes with some strangers I'll never get to know
Saying

[Hook: Dylan Owen]
I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep
I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep
I know we're alone for the minute but no matter how we finish this'll always be a home for me
In a circle I found it then
That this life is gonna bring us around again
So no matter what you say I won't be
I won't leave, I won't leave, I won't leave
Carry me on

[Verse 2: Dylan Owen]
I pressed eject on my memory card
Took the camera with me, if I ever see dark
I'll flash right back to you wherever we are
Because our separate sediments settled, veteran hearts
I've been to the center of the world
Yeah I've been to the center of the world
I've been to the center of the world
And it's just a hard core
Like heavy guitars
I'm saying I don't wanna know right know
Feeling so locked down
Looking up, tracing heaven in stars
I rode my lane until I broke my pain
We were camping out frozen on the beach, you didn't know my name
It'd been a while since I shook my fate
He dressed like Kanye but he looked like Drake
I was learning how to balance
Steady on the longboard
Watching my roommate draw Becky from the warm shore
We took the car down to Buttermilk Falls
At midnight, the water wasn't that cold at all
But I didn't jump in, you know why?
Because it would have been a while till my soul dried

[Hook: Dylan Owen]
I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep
I don't sleep I don't sleep I don't sleep
I know we're alone for the minute but no matter how we finish this'll always be a home for me
In a circle I found it then
That this life is gonna bring us around again
So no matter what you say I won't be
I won't leave, I won't leave, I won't leave
Carry me on

[Bridge: Dylan Owen]
They say that Ithaca is Fences now
And ever since they put them up none of us are getting out
They say that Ithaca is Fences now
And ever since they put them up none of us are getting out
They say that Ithaca is Fences now
And ever since they put them up none of us are getting out
Well take it from me, cause I'm on my way
This'll always look gorgeous from so far away

[Outro: Aidan Cooper]
If we fall asleep tonight
Our love will keep us warm
And you know these days will pass us by
Until we all wake up on our own