Maren Morris reflects on her past in "Circles Around This Town." Morris sings in the first verse, "I swear I don't know how I trusted / A Montero with the AC busted / A couple bad demos on a burned CD / Would take me all the way to Tennessee." You may already have picked up what this tune is, in part, about thanks to the mention of a journey to Tennessee. You might understand even more when she adds, "I showed up to the new apartment / First month's, last month's, two deposits / Hadn't heard the sound of a door slam yet / Thank god I was an optimist."
Making it clear that she's referring to her time on the road before arriving at her new home, she notes that it's a good thing she had a positive outlook otherwise she might have been daunted at the hardships she faced. Morris talked about that herself in her Sony Music press release, saying that "'Circles Around This Town' is [her] story" and was inspired by her "journey from Texas to Nashville..." She also told Apple Music 1's New Music Daily (via People) that the song — which she called "probably the most specifically autobiographical song [she's] ever written" — also focused on what "led ... to me becoming an artist that I am today."
Granted, the song also reveals what things have been like for Morris now that she's found fame.
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