Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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had fun making this album. The Pains of Growing. 👔
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there's yelling in the hallway
I found refuge on a twin bed
of this three-star hotel

I hear the laughter from the tv
static Rachel talks to Phoebe
about that cat that smells

and I know this place is haunted
I swear hear somebody knocking
but I can't really tell

(pre-chorus)
and this outlet’s busted
phone died and I can't charge it
what a life, man, what a life this is

just me myself and nothing
I taught me how to love it
home is wherever I live

(verse 2)
I remember I owe mom a call
as I hang my stray hairs
on the shower walls for decoration
I wonder what I’d hear if rooms could talk
and I wonder why I’m thinking that at all
I’m going crazy

(pre-chorus 2)
this toilet’s rusted
food came but I don't trust it
what a life, man, what a life this is
just me myself and nothing
but I taught me how to love it
home is wherever I live

(bridge)
hard to sleep sometimes
with no one by my side
I do my best to find
the sense in it

the more the days go by
the more myself and I
shake hands and realize
the benefits of independence

(pre-chorus 3)
it's really something
to make homes of worn out luggage
what a life man what a life this is
just me myself and nothing
somehow I've learned to love it
home is wherever I live

Music video by Alessia Cara performing Wherever I LIve (Audio). © 2018 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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