Painting Pictures Of Egypt

[Intro]
Mmm

[Verse 1]
I don't want to leave here
I don't want to stay
It feels like pinching to me
Either way
And the places I long for the most
Are the places where I've been
They are calling out to me
Like a long lost friend

[Verse 2]
It's not about losing faith
It's not about trust
It's all about comfortable
When you move so much
And the place I was wasn't perfect
But I had found a way to live
And it wasn't milk or honey
But, then, neither is this

[Chorus]
I've been painting pictures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacks
'Cause the future feels so hard
And I want to go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
And those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned
Ohh

[Verse 3]
The past is so tangible
I know it by heart
Familiar things are never easy
To discard
And I was dying for some freedom
But now I hesitate to go
I am caught between the Promise
And the things I know

[Chorus]
I've been painting pictures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacks
'Cause the future feels so hard
And I want to go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
And those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned

I've been painting pictures of Egypt
And leaving out what it lacks
The future feels so hard
And I want to go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
And those roads were closed off to me
Ohh, those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned

[Interlude]
Mmm
Ohh

[Outro]
If it comes to quick
I may not appreciate it
Is that the reason behind all this time in sand?
And if it comes to quick
I may not recognize it
Is that the reason behind all this time in sand?