Wish I Stayed

Why can't we speak another language, one we all agree on?

Why when men look outside do they see houses

Instead of the fields they grew from?

We are constantly uprooted from them, making us tiresome and fearful

Can you get up right now, endeavour to free-fall

'Cause you can fall if you want to

It's just a matter of how far

You treasured our home town

You've forgotten where you are

And it will stay with you until your mind's been found

And it has been found wandering around

With that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn't give up hope

It's the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

And I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

Patterns all arranged in my background

These pillars and posts keeping this country on form

Letters were all sent with no addresses

So that people can't discover

We're always undercover

Why do I always draw triangles

Instead of words this paper so deserves?

'Cause you see

I don't own my clothes, but I own my mind

And it's not what you've lost

But it's what you find

You found that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn't give up hope

It's the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

And I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

'Cause you can fall if you want to

It's just a matter of how far

You've treasured our home town

You've forgotten where you are

And it will stay with you until your mind's been found

And it has been found wandering around

With that skipping rope, the trampoline

The crafty smoke that made us choke

But we didn't give up hope

It's the simple ways of getting paid

The carelessness of running away

And I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed

I wish I stayed