Used to walk everywhere I need
Before I let my wrists bleed
Holding on to my innocence
Trying to feel that good again
Looking at pictures tracing over lines that
Mold the portrait that's my life
Got so jaded over time
Looking for a sign that doesn't light
Fill out that college application
Start a job with no appreciation
Ether stimulate the economy
Or watch the world burn in front of me
We all wanna grow up
Till it happens so fast
Now the systems fail us
Wishing time could go back
Before the deep cuts
Leave scares in their place
These empty promises
Are keeping me awake
We're just looking for nostalgia
Hard times make us feel stuck
When it rains it pours a bad flood
Just trying to escape this rut
Maybe I'm not cut out for this
Hate the things we're forced to see
Life isn't all that glamorous
Take me back to two thousand and three
We all wanna grow up
Til it happens so fast
Now the systems fail us
Wishing time could go back
Before the deep cuts
Leave scares in their place
These empty promises
Are keeping me awake
At least the risks that I take outweigh the mistakes that I make
And who I was before today helped move the mountains to make my own way
Sometimes I feel like I don't belong here
Until I take a breath and I exhale all my fears
We all wanna grow up
Till it happens so fast
Now the systems fail us
Wishing time could go back
Before the deep cuts
Leave scares in their place
These empty promises
Are keeping me awake
We all wanna grow up
Till it happens so fast
Now the systems fail us
Wishing time could go back
Before the deep cuts
Leave scares in their place
These empty promises
Are keeping me awake