A Year Inside

I was eighteen

At the starting gate

I was thinking epic thoughts

I'd bend the world with my hands

So i set out armed with wisdom

From a page-a-day i'd bought

And watched as nothing went as planned.

And i used to wonder

What the hell i could've done

But now i know it's eighteen

It makes you dumb.

I spent a year inside

Digging through my head

And i didn't like what i didn't find

But i didn't like my choices

So i chose to get older instead

And i have never changed my mind.

I know i used to think

That i would never see the sun

But now i know that twenty's still pretty young.

I met a girl and our lives fit like the teeth of a zipper

And we used to take turns being strong

But you know how sometimes that little pulley-thingy breaks and the goddamn sides won't stay together?

Well, the cynics say that nothing lasts for long

And i used to wonder

What the hell it was i'd done

But we all know that 21 is dumb.

Seems all i've learned is one year's troubles

Make the last one's dumb

I can't wait 'til this year's trouble's done

No i can't wait 'til 24 is dumb.

Seems all i've learned is one year's troubles

Make the last one's dumb

I can't wait 'til this year's trouble's done

No i can't wait 'til 24 is dumb.