Verse 1
I Used To Stare Out At The School Bus
Like It Was Some Holy, Yellow Train,
Promised It Would Take Me Somewhere
Past The Edges Of My Small-Town Brain.
Watched My Brother Smoke Behind The Shed,
Thought Dirtbag Meant Free Instead Of Lost,
And My Sister With Her Thrift-Store Magic
Made Growing Up Look Worth The Cost.
Pre‑Chorus
I Wanted Every Chapter
Before I Learned To Read,
Wanted Life To Open Early
Like It Owed Itself To Me.
Chorus
I Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
Wanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
Wanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
To The Map Of Being Alive.
But I Ran So Fast Toward Living
That I Tripped Over My Youth,
And The World Felt So Much Bigger
When I Finally Told The Truth—
I Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
Just Thought It Sounded Brave,
And I Wanted Everything At Once
Before I Knew What It Would Take.
Verse 2
I Used To Mimic Every Adult
Like Their Shadows Fit My Skin,
Thought Learning Life Was Just A Checklist
Of The Places I Could Begin.
But School Was Just Confusion,
And Driving Felt Like Fear,
And Jobs Were Just The Quiet Proof
That Childhood Disappears.
Pre‑Chorus
I Wanted Every Answer
Before I Knew The Pain,
Wanted Life To Feel Like Magic
Instead Of Weather In My Veins.
Chorus
I Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
Wanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
Wanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
To The Map Of Being Alive.
But I Ran So Fast Toward Living
That I Tripped Over My Youth,
And The World Felt So Much Bigger
When I Finally Told The Truth—
I Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
Just Thought It Sounded Brave,
And I Wanted Everything At Once
Before I Knew What It Would Take.
Bridge
Maybe Childhood Is A Promise
That Adulthood Can’t Keep,
Maybe Learning Life Is Mostly
Just The Falling And The Leap.
But I Still Chase The Feeling
Of That Bright, Unbroken Sky—
When I Thought The World Was Waiting
And I Only Had To Try.
Final Chorus
I Wanted Driving, Wanted Heartbreak,
Wanted Jobs And Late-Night Fights,
Wanted Wisdom Like A Shortcut
To The Map Of Being Alive.
Now I’m Older, Still I’m Learning
How To Carry What I’ve Seen,
And I Miss The Kid Who Wanted Life
Like It Was Something He Could Clean.
I Didn’t Know What Growing Up Meant,
But I’m Trying Not To Break—
’Cause Wanting Everything At Once
Is How You Learn What’s Yours To Take.
