When I Was Young

It's kind of funny how I lived my life
Like everybody cared
Always worried about my progress
Always trying to compare
Myself against the world
When really, I'm the only one who's there
The only one affected
The only one who cares
It's like I lived behind a veil
Knowing damn well
I wasn't meant to live like that
But it was hard to tell
Myself that I needed to make a change
And step into the unknown
Recreating the idea of what I call home
I think about when I was young
And all the stupid shit I've done
And all the things that I would change
And all the things I wouldn't say
I think about if I was young
And all the shit I should've done
And all the things I should've said
And all the nights I should've been
More present
Feelin like I've been missing
My entire life, letting it past by
As I been in my brain regressing
Telling myself all these negative thoughts
That I should've been suppressing
Wish I could come back and tell myself
I never should've been second-guessing
Who I am and what I been capable of
All it took was a change of mind
To turn into who I wished I could've been
But there ain't no going back
So from here on out
Imma do the best that I can
To be the person that I know I should be
To be the person who would make you happy
To be the one you always wished I could be
Ha
It's funny how things work out
I guess I had to learn that myself
I guess I had to break down
And rebuild myself into a
New version of me
Hope really is born in tragedy
Sometimes that just be how it goes though
So don't you ever lose hope
Always remember you can still see beauty
In a dying rose
Don't you ever let go, no
It's kind of funny how I lived my life
Like everybody cared
Always worried about my progress
Always trying to compare
Myself against the world
When really, I'm the only one who's there
The only one affected
The only one who cares
It's like I lived behind a veil
Knowing damn well
I wasn't meant to live like that
But it was hard to tell
Myself that I needed to make a change
And step into the unknown
Recreating the idea of what I call home
I think about when I was young
And all the stupid shit I've done
And all the things that I would change
And all the things I wouldn't say
I think about if I was young
And all the shit I should've done
And all the things I should've said
And all the nights I should've been