Track 05 · Everywhere Isn't Texas
Album track
The open road gives way to an unfamiliar city. Beneath neon and rain, Calla feels anonymous—and begins to understand that losing the old version of yourself can be both lonely and necessary.
Written and produced by Tulio Costa · Performed by Calla Hayes
05Official lyrics
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The city hums a frequency I can't quite tune A low-end thrum that rattles through the soles of my shoes The streetlamps buzz with amber, casting halos on the wet And every window's glowing like a promise I haven't met yet I count the faces passing, but none of them look back They're all walking somewhere faster, with a rhythm I can't track I'm a ghost in their peripheries, a flicker in the glass
The neon bleeds into the puddles, turning pink to green I've never seen a skyline that looks so much like a screen And I'm standing in the middle of a movie I didn't cast Trying to find my character in a scene that moves too fast
Neon lights and strangers' eyes Are all I recognize tonight Every face is a goodbye Before I even learn their name I'm just a silhouette in a frame That doesn't fit, but I'm not the same As the girl who left the highway sign Behind her in another life Now it's just these neon lights And strangers' eyes
I found a diner with a flickering sign, "Open 24" The coffee tastes like metal, but I order one more The waitress has a tattoo of a bird that can't quite fly She asks me where I'm from, and I tell her a white lie Said I'm from nowhere special, just passing through the state She nods like she's heard it all, like she knows I'm running late For something I can't name yet, some invisible debate
The jukebox plays a country song from '99 I almost feel at home until I step outside the line Of fluorescent into neon, where the air is thick and sweet With the smell of rain and garbage and the rhythm of the street
Neon lights and strangers' eyes Are all I recognize tonight Every face is a goodbye Before I even learn their name I'm just a silhouette in a frame That doesn't fit, but I'm not the same As the girl who left the highway sign Behind her in another life Now it's just these neon lights And strangers' eyes
I used to think the stars were bright But they've got nothing on this city's appetite For burning through the darkness, for keeping sleep at bay For making you forget the constellations you knew yesterday I look up and I see a sky that's purple, not black And I wonder if I'll ever find my way back To a sky that feels like home, or if I'm meant to stay In this half-lit, humming, beautiful, lonely gray
Neon lights... (neon lights) And strangers' eyes... (strangers' eyes) I'm just a silhouette now... (Silhouette in a frame) Neon lights... (And I'm not the same) Strangers' eyes...