The back porch is softer than my bed

′Cause it hasn't seen the times I′ve cried

I keep 'em all there filed away in my head

I've said it before and I′ll say it again

On bad days it′s like a poison, it destroys and

Stains every place I've ever called my home

And I just wanna run away

I wanna run toward something new

I wanna run away

I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run

But how do I know when I′m done?

How do I know, how do I know

How do I know when to run

Wherever I go, I always know

All that will follow, but give me a chance

To simply set today apart from tomorrow

Will I ever stop stopping to wonder

If I savor lightning far too quick

Burn through what's bright

Before I′ve even heard the thunder

And I just wanna run away

I wanna run toward something new

I wanna run away

I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run

But how do I know when I'm done

How do I know

How do I know, how do I know when to run

I bought a cake, it′s no one's birthday

And now my mouth is blue

I feel the sugar coursing through

I didn't know what else to do

But I′ll trade coffee for water

It′ll last about a week

I'll rinse two new tattoos

For fifteen minutes at the kitchen sink

And I will find a way

To make it back to where I′ve been before

And I will try today

To open 'stead of closing every door

And I will find a way

To tell myself that I′ve been there before

And I will try today

To open 'stead of closing every door