So you're feeling numb and helpless Trying to fake it And your time is up, you can hear 'em countdown When you're 21 it's heavy Being ready And it's life or death you should let no one down Convicted by the mask put on It's hard to see the blazing sunrise Constricted by the past, it shows Cause growing up is not like you fantasized Don't have to bear no crown Throw it over, misbehave You learn that you never drown We choose the waves we engage It's ok to turn around To take the wrong path, to shy away It's ok to be left out, don't run away So you're working codes and engines Cannot break 'em And you're in the worst shape you've been your whole life You should do, should be, should shake it It's condescending As your running out of heroes to idolize Convicted by the mask put on It's pretty hard to see the blazing sunrise Constricted by the past, it shows Cause growing up is not like you fantasized Don't have to bear no crown Throw it over, misbehave You learn that you never drown We choose the waves we engage It's ok to turn around To take the wrong path, to shy away It's ok to be left out, rewrite the page You're gonna rise and glow Many times you've been told In a couple years, you'll claim Breathe out every time you cannot dodge the pain 'Cause it doesn't matter what you do or say now When you got no one to run to And you might as well be 7 feet down below I know, I know That loving is the way to go When you got nowhere to run to Feels like there's a black hole inside of you I know, I know That loving is the way you know