At 14, I used to talk to myself, paint my bedroom with stars One for each time my dad flayed out, got a galaxy of scars You know that feeling that you get when you start to run out of breath You pass out, wake up, wig out, now I know where you are I'm safer here inside my submarine Cause when I'm underwater you can't say anything I can't hear anything Ohio, I don't need Hollywood I don't need New York castles, I don't need Las Vegas lights I need Ohio, I've never even been there But I'd rather fall asleep in an open field in Ohio Ohio, Ohio, Ohio Last time I saw your face you were screaming that I don't have a clue I'm not a deadbeat piece of shit that I'll never learn that from you You know that feeling when you're weak and young Wish your brain could delete for you All the toxic, twisted contradictions that I've worked so hard to lose I'm safer here inside my submarine Cause when I'm underwater you can't throw a word to me I'm just learning how to leave Ohio, I don't need Hollywood I don't need New York castles, I don't need Las Vegas lights I need Ohio, I've never even been there But I'd rather fall asleep in an open field in Ohio Ohio, Ohio, Ohio I'm growing up, I won't die in you I'm growing up, I won't die in you I'm growing up, and we won't die in you I'm growing up, and we won't try to I'm growing up, and we won't die in you I'm growing up, and we won't try, yeah Ohio, I don't need Hollywood I don't need New York Heights or Las Vegas lights I need Ohio, I've never even been there But I'd rather fall asleep in an open field in Ohio I'm growing up, and we won't die in you