Home Between The Lines

[Verse 1]
Sunday shift at the corner store
Same four streets
Same sliding door
Staring out at the rust and green
Trying to fit my name in these old routines
[Pre-Chorus]
I used to think I'd disappear
Into the cracks in the pavement here
But every scar I tried to hide
Is just a map back to this life
[Chorus]
This small-town heart still beats like thunder
Under the weight of all my wonder
Yeah
I fall apart
But I don't stay under (no)
Raised on dust and power lines
I drag my doubts across the sky
I’m still fighting for a home between the lines
(I’m still fighting, still fighting)
[Verse 2]
Old blue sign by the high school field
Says “Go Lions” in paint that peeled
We were kids with our borrowed cars
Thought we’d burn right past these fading stars
[Pre-Chorus]
Some friends left and they lost their way
Some came back with more to say
We wear the years behind our eyes
But there’s a light we can’t deny
[Chorus]
This small-town heart still beats like thunder
Under the weight of all my wonder
Yeah
I fall apart
But I don't stay under (hey)
Raised on dust and power lines
I drag my doubts across the sky
I’m still fighting for a home between the lines
(Oh, between the lines)
[Bridge]
If all I am
Is the sum of every broken plan
Then let these hands
Build something out of who I am
[Band drops
Voice and clean guitar]
I won’t run from where I started
I’m not lost
Just open-hearted
[Chorus]
’Cause this small-town heart still beats like thunder
Under the weight of all my wonder
Yeah
I fall apart
But I don’t stay under
Raised on dust and power lines
I drag my doubts across the sky
I’m still learning what it means to stay and try
Still fighting for a home between the lines
(Still fighting, still fighting)

rock, Post‑grunge radio rock: overdriven melodic guitars with chiming arpeggios in the verses, thick double-tracked male vocals. Steady mid‑tempo drums and warm bass drive the song; pre‑chorus adds octave guitars and subtle pads, then an anthemic, shout‑along chorus with gang vocals on key phrases. Bridge drops to half‑time drums and clean guitar swells before a final, higher key chorus outro., steady, male vocals, post-grunge, emotional