5000 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 5000 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