"Evergreen Soldier" lyrics

Five thousand miles is a lot to eat, but
I've got stomach and I've got teeth
Oh, I'm not a god, oh, I'm not a genius
But I'll figure out how to drink the ocean between us

Five thousand miles is a lot to run, but I'll
Force my legs and fight my lungs
I'm fifteen, a machine, I'll make it through
I'm a stranger to your body, but I already love you

Babe, I'm coming back, just you wait
I'm running a little late
But in five years I'll be at your doorstep, I know
I know, I know I'm late but I'm home

I'm coming back, just so you know
I'm sorry, love, it's taking slow
But in five years I'll be at your doorstep, I know
I know, I know I'm late but I'm home

Oh god, what a brutal scene
Falling in love on a screen
I abused a pen, fake memories we drew
Piles of plans waiting to come true

But we know now those are things we'll never do
'Cause I've moved on and so have you
But I'm in your city on tour five years late
And I'm only fifteen minutes away

Babe, I'm coming back, just you wait
I'm running a little late
But in five years I'll be at your doorstep, I know
I know, I know I'm late but I'm home

But I won't knock, I won't go to your door
'Cause my love, I don't know you anymore
But I did what I promised, I did what I swore
And soldier, I brought my body to your door

So I drove by your house five years late
I saw your dad pulling in the gate
I'm sorry, my love, I just couldn't leave it
The little kid in me just had to see it

Stared in silence watching the fake memories play
I saw me running, calling your name
And I burst in that hug with all that we are
Crying in the memory and crying in the car

The kid who loved you is screaming, "No"
'Cause I won't let her go say hello
Yeah, I turn my car around, not giving response
'Cause I'm driving from all that she wants

I talk to the kid in the backseat
"Baby, I saw his house, I saw the street
And it's not fair, I was there through the glass
While you're helpless and stuck in the past"

Oh soldier, I am home, but
Soon I'm gonna have to go, hope
You have everything we couldn't
Hope time gave you what for us it wouldn't

I'm out in the air, unseen
Surrounded by evergreen
All I wanted so brutally
Is in front of me ruthlessly

Like a childhood idol
Never met, but I know it
It changes regardless
And time is heartless

Late that night, I played your home state
I sing songs that are baked with your name
I'm on stage next door, I'm just passing through
Telling strangers all about you

Babe, I'm coming back, just you wait
I'm running a little late
Yeah, in five years I was at your doorstep, I know
I know, I know I'm letting you go

Goodbye, evergreen soldier dew
All the strangers are singing about you