Shy Away

So you're feeling numb and helpless

Trying to fake it

And your time is up, you can hear 'em countdown

When you're 21 it's heavy

Being ready

And it's life or death you should let no one down

Convicted by the mask put on

It's hard to see the blazing sunrise

Constricted by the past, it shows

Cause growing up is not like you fantasized

Don't have to bear no crown

Throw it over, misbehave

You learn that you never drown

We choose the waves we engage

It's ok to turn around

To take the wrong path, to shy away

It's ok to be left out, don't run away

So you're working codes and engines

Cannot break 'em

And you're in the worst shape you've been your whole life

You should do, should be, should shake it

It's condescending

As your running out of heroes to idolize

Convicted by the mask put on

It's pretty hard to see the blazing sunrise

Constricted by the past, it shows

Cause growing up is not like you fantasized

Don't have to bear no crown

Throw it over, misbehave

You learn that you never drown

We choose the waves we engage

It's ok to turn around

To take the wrong path, to shy away

It's ok to be left out, rewrite the page

You're gonna rise and glow

Many times you've been told

In a couple years, you'll claim

Breathe out every time you cannot dodge the pain

'Cause it doesn't matter what you do or say now

When you got no one to run to

And you might as well be 7 feet down below

I know, I know

That loving is the way to go

When you got nowhere to run to

Feels like there's a black hole inside of you

I know, I know

That loving is the way you know