A.O. Gerber - Full Bloom

in the back of my father's chevy
i waited for cop lights to shine
i was sure that they would
he never made it mine
like he promised he would
he never made it mine

now i'm running reds
like i've got someplace to be
the palisades will wait for me
i never thought i would come
and now i'll never leave
i never thought i would come

and all the while i thought that
i would never find another place to need

you took me in the back room
i waited to feel anything
the city lights in full bloom
i'm heavy with the weight of things

took myself to the coast to breath
the ocean air, to taste infinity
i didn't want to escape
i wanted to believe
i wasn't trying to run
that was a first for me

home's a word i've been using lately
to describe so many different things
of which my body's not one
keep wanting to believe
i can make myself numb
to insecurity

but barely understanding
is the only way that i have learned to see

you took me in the back room
i waited to feel anything
the city lights in full bloom
i'm heavy with the weight of things

you took me in the back room
i waited to feel anything
the city lights in full bloom
i'm heavy with the weight of things

mother, brother, father
have you ever seen the waves?