From the recording This Is What Life Is Like
Inspired by the sounds of Ed Sheeran, this song was written to express the excitement of moving out on your own and living your own life. Its most high profile performance was at a Bluebird Cafe Open Mic Night in Nashville, Tennessee.
Lyrics
Here I am with a suitcase in my hand.
I watch the past drive off in an orange U-Haul van.
It leaves a trail of tears behind, but something tells me
I'll be just fine.
I look around me and the scene, it is brand new.
I've worked towards this all my life, so it's too good to be true.
It sends the shivers through my bones, but as long as you are here, I am home.
This is the moment that we dreamed about together.
We'll show the world what storms we have the strength to weather.
It might get lonely here. We've got the right to fear,
but premonitions, they have never been so clear.
This is what life is like when we live it on our own.
We're young and we're wild and free, but they tell us that we're grown.
Nothing we have but time and all of our crazy dreams,
but when I lay down with you, the time slips away it seems.
We're in for the long haul now, said all we have to say.
This is a brand new start, nothing will stand in our way.
We won't look back for we'll know that we were right.
I can't believe this is what life is like.
Here I go, write another simple rhyme.
Make it roll right off the tongue and fit within the time.
I see it slowly tick away, but as long as you are here, I'm okay.
I look around me and I see I'm still alive.
A little bruising here or there, but it's nothing I couldn't survive.
It sends the shivers through my bones, but as you are here, I am home.
This is the moment that we dreamed about together.
We'll show the world what storms we have the strength to weather.
It might get lonely here. We've got the right to fear,
but premonitions, they have never been so clear.
This is what life is like when we live it on our own.
We're young and we're wild and free, but they tell us that we're grown.
Nothing we have but time and all of our crazy dreams,
but when I lay down with you, the time slips away it seems.
We're in for the long haul now, said all we have to say.
This is a brand new start, nothing will stand in our way.
We won't look back for we'll know that we were right.
I can't believe this is what life is like.