teenage antics - lovelorn

 I used to see rainbows of hope in everybody's eyes

Still a long way to go, so many rocks left not thrown

I started shaking when my hand started scraping

I was reaching the bottom, the harness loosening inch by inch

It's so tragic all these teenage antics

Pretend your thirty, get your hands dirty

The older you get, the shackles break

And soon you're soaring to the sky, unsure of where to fly

Down that street where time still freezes but now 

You're standing on the outside of it screaming

I used to believe that everyone knew the path to succeed every fallen dream

But the bricks broke and shoes tore, weighed down by expectant foes

All the silver spoons began to rust, dropped in a pool of unrequited love

And all the masochists ran away because cruelty stopped being fun one day

There's so much magic in teenage antics

Pretend your twelve and stay home instead

No one likes a tell tale, good will slander

Sit in the front and watch bad habits tempt them

With diamond rings and blanket consequences

Where time still freezes but now you're standing on the outside of it scheming

Take it from someone whose always been in the middle

Onlooker for everything that made our minds sizzle

Took a step back to avoid the splash

And missed the wave altogether

Fear is the cathedral and I'm the lonely disciple

Hunting for sea shells that echo survival

The sand under my feet is the only steady ground I will know and feel

It's such a havoc all these teenage antics

And all the jokes that anchored me

You'd step into the drop of the deep end

And have someone forever tugging at your sleeve

Don't wait too long, walk away before the sun sets

You'll never know it's gone, where time still froze and you were on the outside of it all.

-auctor