I Wanted to Run to Boston, Where No One Knows My Name

June 26, 2025

Augustana’s “Boston” becomes a map for leaving baggage behind—two people caught, caring, and pretending not to. The hook lands as a concrete plan: first earned dollar since 2017, a clean restart away from surveillance A start-over fantasy in lyric form: leave California, disappear into summer and snow, and use 'Boston' as shorthand for a cleaner life