If I was only a little younger Slightly softer With vastly wider eyes Then I could tell you What I've been meaning to That our redemption is also our demise Don't you remember No bridge was tall enough And stairs that beckon that we go rolling down We'd poke our toes out We'd let our heads drop Let's fall forever Let's never hit the ground What if I moved to some other city? Some place that's far, far away and strange I'd never know you, I never knew you That's what I'm doing Grow up embrace/and brace the change But you know, you're just not seventeen And you cry, you cry yourself to sleep And your attempts to conjure up old dreams And repeat You could never be strong, you could only be free