Where I Was From - Mil-Spec

My voluntary exile

Just like the three denials:

Came before the break of day

Where I was from

That’s how unconditional love was repaid

The familiar and the serene

Couldn’t compete with

The billion other me’s

On glowing screens

In wish-fulfilling scenes

So soon the moment came

I knew I’d leave

Where I was from

I learned about the sentimental type

I learned what becomes of those

Who can’t accept that their innocence has died

Where I was from

The accents are strange

Where I was from

They’re set in their ways

Where I was from

Roam the ghosts of my life

Where I was from

Is where I will die