The Line

I never thought it could be so hard

We knew the words but who knew they'd reach so far

Now we watch as the pages turn

and chapters end to tear a childhood apart.

I never thought it could end this way

growing up getting older every day.

You'll find these days are long but life is short

we can't let it slip away.

We stood like statues watching leaves blow by

Nineteen years have come and gone

we lost it in the blink of an eye.

Still month by month the punches roll on us

watching twenty summers pass

feeling older all the time.

Life can pass you by

we traded our wide eyes

for cold closed minds

and tongues as sharp as knives.

What can the future hold

for kids with hearts like gold?

Turn on your TV set

find out your youth's been sold.

We had it good those nights

we spent with our best friends

we worried less about where we were

and how it all would end.

We turned our backs

on everything that could go wrong

all along, it was what we had

that kept us going strong.

I thought it would be enough to forget our mistakes,

but they don't disappear when you look the other way.

We spent so many years living our lives so carelessly,

when did we change?