You Gotta Grow Up

Maybe you'll understand when you're older
When the days go by a little faster than today
When life is short of comforts
And long on demands

Maybe you'll care when you're ready
When you see a life that is more fragile than your own
When you have something to live for
When what's next matters more

And then it will be clear
These institutions
Still matter

You gotta grow up to believe like a child
You gotta stand tall to fall to your knees
No more questions if you want the answers
No, you can't know much if you will believe

Or maybe you're already focused
With a philosophy so hewn
Can you figure out a path
When you can't shine a light?

So what gives you comfort
In the dark and in the night?
It's not Camus or Kirkigard
It's not Nietschze or Sartre

They don't make it clear
The institutions
Still matter

You gotta grow up to believe like a child
You gotta stand tall to fall to your knees
No more questions if you want the answers
No, you can't know much if you will believe

Why can't you validate faith?
Why can't you confirm meaning?
Why can't you tell me we see
The same things in tragedy?

And then it will be clear
These institutions
Still matter

You gotta grow up to believe like a child
You gotta stand tall to fall to your knees
No more questions if you want the answers
No, you can't know much if you will believe