Round Here is a song by Counting Crows from their debut album, August and Everything After, released in 1993. It’s a poignant and introspective track that captures the uncertainty and melancholy of youth. The lyrics paint vivid pictures of small-town life and the struggles of feeling trapped or lost in one’s surroundings. The haunting melody, coupled with Adam Duritz’s emotive vocals, creates a powerful and memorable listening experience. “Round Here” remains one of Counting Crows’ most beloved songs and a standout track in alternative rock music from the ’90s.

Counting Crows – Round Here Lyrics

Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog
Where no one notices the contrast of white on white
And in between the moon and you, angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right

Well, I walk in the air between the rain
Through myself and back again
Where? I don’t know

Maria says she’s dying
Through the door, I hear her crying
Why? I don’t know

Round here we always stand up straight
Round here something radiates

Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she’d like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
And she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she’s walking on a wire in the circus

She parks her car outside of my house and
Takes her clothes off, says she’s close to understanding Jesus
And she knows she’s more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she’s nervous

Round here we’re carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions but we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she’s slipping though my hands

Sleeping children better run like the wind
Out of the lightning dream
Mama’s little baby better get herself in
Out of the lightning

She says, “It’s only in my head”
She says, “Shh, I know it’s only in my head”

But the girl on the car in the parking lot
Says, “Man, you should try to take a shot
Can’t you see my walls are crumbling?”

Then she looks up at the building
And says she’s thinking of jumping
She says she’s tired of life
She must be tired of something

Round here she’s always on my mind
Round here, hey man, got lots of time
Round here we’re never sent to bed early and nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late

I, I can’t see nothing, nothing round here
You catch me if I’m falling, you catch me if I’m falling
Will you catch me? ‘Cause I’m falling down on you

I said I’m under the gun round here
Oh man, I said I’m under the gun round here
Well I can’t see nothing, nothing round here