Gone Too Long

Déjà vu trips you when you strut
Nostalgic dreams can mess you up
A bitter cold sense of warmth, ache, familiar ghost
Flyin' circles 'round your head
Bringin' back your hope but from the dead
I tend to forget, I tend to forget
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Wish I could say
Knew I was wrong
I been gone for way too long (I been gone for way too long)
I been gone for way too long
Went to myself, a prodigal song
I’ve been gone for way too long
(I been gone for way too long)
I been gone for way too long
Away from yourself, you stray too far
Memories trapped in VCRs
The taste of ripened words you write, a brief escape
Somehow got lost somewhere, I did
Such innocence when we were kids
I tend to forget, I tend to forget
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Wish I could say
Knew I was wrong
I been gone for way too long
(I been gone for way too long)
I been gone for way too long
Went to myself, a prodigal song
I’ve been gone for way too long
(I been gone for way too long)
I been gone for way too long
High and low
I imagine inside of my soul
Hidden in a basement, hangs around
A still painted picture
Wish I could say
Knew I was wrong
I been gone for way too long
(I been gone for way too long)
I been gone for way too long
Went to myself, a prodigal song
I’ve been gone for way too long
(I been gone for way too long)
I been gone for way too long, yeah