When Kids Grow Up

When the kids grow up
They're gone find out what true
The sky isn't blue
Not all dreams come true
Yeah

Let me tell you bout a kid
Just a dreamer and a place
Just a child with some faith and bigger lies he has to face
Living life inside his mind
With his happiness unfazed
Just thinking bout the future and the life he has to chase
He doesn't have to worry
Doesn't have to change
Doesn't have to think about the death or all the pain
Or the way the world is broken and the truth is always caged
But now he's all grown up and that's exactly what he hate's
I don't understand why the world is always cold
You think with global warming it would start to thaw some souls
But the civil world is burning yet we keep on adding coals
Why can't we stop the fire
Why can't we just be a whole
If you're thinking of the kid, or the child, it was me
I'm just wandering a world
Where the faces scream defeat
I'm just living through frustration
Yet I stick with my beliefs
If you think it's gonna change
My world is not what you perceive
Yeah

When the kids grow up
They're gone find out what's true
That the sky isn't blue
And they'll
Change all their views
They'll finally see
What it is like to lose
And they'll grow out of shoes
It sucks not all dreams come true
When the kids grow up

My mind is stuck in Vegas cause it's steady playing tricks on me
Ace of Spades and King of Hearts
I contemplate what's suiting me
I wear my heart across my sleeve so you can see what's true to me
Spades of black I recognize cause darkness seems to cloud my dreams
These faces that I recognize are asking me how I believe
I just keep on building so the kid in me could still achieve
A house of all the imagery he sought after in times of grief
Cause I just can't depart him
I'm too smart
Yeah
Why can't we just follow all the kids inside our heart
Would the younger kid in you be proud of who you really are
Or would you disappoint him cause you gave up on your art
And you decide that your comfort was too nice to step apart
I don't know why you walk this road ignoring past like it don't matter
I'm not scared of death
I'm scared of time and if I matter
And the past just seems to highlight wasted chances and disaster
And reminds me of the times I almost gave up on my laughter

When the kids grow up
They're gone find out what's true
That the sky isn't blue
And they'll
Change all their views
They'll finally see
What it is like to lose
And they'll grow out of shoes
It sucks not all dreams come true
When the kids grow up

It's just heartbreak and sadness
And pain inside my setlist
I wrote this song for dreamers
Cause no one else has said this
I know that finding peace is hard
Trust me
I know this
Cause I've lived a life of chasing peace and greatness and the moments
While I hide behind a mask, afraid to show my real emotions
I have chosen to open up on this song
The emotional side of me took the pen
Then it wrote this
And I've always been afraid of growing up
I never chose this but I had too
I had to grow up
I just had to understand
Man, We all grow up
And death was always in the plan
When the kids grow up
I just hope they understand
Damn
I just hope they understand
That the lessons learned in life are just the building blocks of character
And how you choose to grow is really up to how you manage it
But know that even towers fall and have to suffer damages
And if you get knocked down again, just stand for all the broken kids

When the kids grow up
They're gone find out what's true
That the sky isn't blue
And they'll
Change all their views
They'll finally see
What it is like to lose
And they'll grow out of shoes
It sucks not all dreams come true
When the kids grow up