Forever Young

When I was five
I used to think I would be settled
In some pastel yellow house by now
On a pretty little row of pastel colored houses
With a hardworking husband who looks like a prince
And a couple of funny, precocious little kids
I might be a pantsuit professional
Or a working writer, or a teacher
At any rate, a stable job, not still just a dreamer

But I think I'd rather be forever young
Than prematurely dead inside
To wake up every day and work on a dream
Is a blessing I'd never take lightly
It's not a failing

These days
I wake up every morning just after eleven
Spend most of my days reading and writing in bed
Still living with my mom like when I was seven
But there's meaning and method, I've got a direction
And the biggest surprise
Is I never dreamed this life could make me so happy

But I think I'd rather be forever young
Than prematurely dead inside
To wake up every day and work on a dream
Is a blessing I'd never take lightly
It's not a failing

And stoically settling for plan B
When you never even took plan A all the way
Just because time marched on and you got afraid
That isn't success

I used to hate songs like this too when I was afraid
So if you hate this song, it's not too late
I used to hate songs like this too when I was afraid
So if you hate what I'm saying, it's not too late

I think I'd rather be forever young
Than prematurely dead inside
To wake up every day and work on a dream
Is a blessing I'd never take lightly
It's not a failing
It's not a failing