Track 01 · Everywhere Isn't Texas
Lead single
The journey begins with Texas shrinking in the rearview. Calla leaves without rejecting where she came from, testing the possibility that another landscape might reveal another version of herself.
Written and produced by Tulio Costa · Performed by Calla Hayes
01Official lyrics
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Dust on the dashboard, a map folded wrong Gas station coffee, a two-note song The rearview shrinks the water tower down To a silver pin in a flat, gold town I swore this grid was all I'd ever need But a straight line ain't the only way to leave
The horizon there is stubborn and wide It taught me how to hold my spine But out here the curves make a different kind of sense And I'm learning to trust the evidence
Everywhere isn't Texas Thank God for that truth The sky doesn't weigh the same way On a Carolina roof I'm not looking for a twin I'm just testing out the view 'Cause everywhere isn't Texas And maybe that's a good excuse To finally find the version of me I never knew
The pines stand taller, the air tastes of rain The gravel here hums a different refrain Locals ask where I learned to drawl I say, "Born in it, but I'm learning to withdraw" I thought my roots were tangled in the clay But freedom's just a parking brake away
The compass spins, but I don't feel lost I'm just paying a temporary cost For trading certainty for open land With nothing written in the sand
Everywhere isn't Texas Thank God for that truth The sky doesn't weigh the same way On a Carolina roof I'm not looking for a twin I'm just testing out the view 'Cause everywhere isn't Texas And maybe that's a good excuse To finally find the version of me I never knew
Home isn't a county line drawn in the dust It's the hum in my chest when I finally trust The ground beneath my feet, wherever it may lie To hold me steady while I'm learning how to fly I don't need the red dirt to remember who I am I just need one good note from a broken gram
Everywhere isn't Texas... no, it isn't But everywhere's a place I'm finally visiting Yeah, everywhere isn't Texas... And that's alright with me (That's alright with me)