Growing Pains

Remember when we were young

We got so good at being bad

We would shake responsibilities so carefully

And would protect everything we had

We'd spend our days outside

Waiting for the sun to set so our stars could shine

And we would dream of better times

Maybe I was holding on too tight

Every day

I get lost in a world that's in the way

I'm who I am, the wannabe

'Cause when I think about memories

I never seem to see the missing piece

And now I'm starting to believe

That it was always me

I try not to panic

But panic is all I can do when I feel confused

I'm drowning fast in all of the sad excuses I have used

'Cause all the lost balloons

That you and I let go too soon

Were much too high to see

Every day

I get lost in a world that's in the way

I'm who I am, the wannabe

'Cause when I think about memories

I never seem to see the missing piece

And now I'm starting to believe

That it was always me

Was it always me?

It's something so risky

Something I'll never feel

Maybe some day in time I will understand

But the tables are turning

And both ends are burning

I think it's okay 'cause the burning is all I am

Have I been standing in the dark too long to tell?

Have I been living with my eyes shut tight?

Or just hiding far too well

Every day

I get lost in a world that's in the way

I'm who I am, the wannabe

'Cause when I think about memories

I never seem to see the missing piece

And now I'm starting to believe

That it was always me

I know it was always me