The Valley - Ethan Gruska

I’m driving through the valley

My whole childhood was here

Early memories of my family

Mom and Dad were still together for the first couple of years

I remember it just barely

I never really cared and I still don’t, to tell the truth

But if childhood defines you

Can it ever be behind you?

At the house at the end of the alley

My first love, she lived in there

That’s where I kept disappearing

She was all I cared about for two and a half years

Now I remember her so vaguely

I know I broke her heart

But she broke mine equally, too

If it’s heartbreak that defines me

Can it ever be behind me?

Please

And the years go by

Like a close race headed for the finish line

Looking back in the rearview mirror

Holding on for dear life

Like how I’m laying in bed

Looking into the eyes of my future wife

Thinking it’s family that defines me

I can’t help if they remind me

Of the fear that can be blinding

That history repeats itself in me