Catching butterflies, line drives, watching TV
I had seven good years â??til I noticed they were looking at me
I didn't like what they'd see


Trapped in the back seat, stay on your side
My hand out the window feeling the wind rush by

While my parents fight

Where did you go? Did I make you leave?

Another thing I didn't know
Nobody ever believes. They just leave, they just leave
And they'll see you in their own sweet time

They just leave

I didn't leave my room â??til I learned how to drive

I was sweet seventeen, fighting with the back of my mind
â??Til the wheel was all mine


Free to go, but still to young to leave
Old enough to think I know
That nobody ever believes

They just leave, they just leave, they just leave, they just leave

My plane landed, I'm alive

I'm not fighting with the things
I never thought I'd do to survive
Now we've finally arrived


Now I know, more than I've ever believed
You could never let me know

You were just as young as me
You had to leave, you had to leave, you had to leave, you had to leave


You had to leave, you were just as young as me, you had to leave
You had to leave, you were just as young as me, you had to leave