last day being 17

Last day being seventeen
Is this the end of toeing the line between?
Maybe I'll sit behind a screen all day
Maybe I'll be a good kid
Even though that part's been played
That part's been played

But back when
I was younger
I really was much happier
Wondered if I'd end world hunger
Find a way to control the weather
Now I don't even know how to deal with anger
Now I don't even know when I lost my wonder
If the world wasn't so
Cold and bitter
Would I be so opposed to
Getting older
Getting older

Only getting older
I'm only getting older
I'm only getting older
I'm getting older

And it's not about having to do my taxes
It's not about taking college classes
But will I remember how green the grass is
How green the grass was

Back when I was younger
When the world was much simpler
Spent my days looking at cool pictures
Places I'd see
Things I'd do when I was older
Now I don't even know how to deal with failure (When I get older)
Now I don't even know when I lost her (When I get older)
If the world wasn't so
Cold and bitter
Would I be so opposed to
Getting older
Getting older

I'll watch my childhood street
Go from 5 miles
To capture the flag vicinity
From there before my eyes
It turned into 5 seconds
Of halfhearted driving
When I leave will I ever come back
To when dreams were allowed and
Dreams allowed us
Back before they started laughing at us

Will it hurt to come back
Will it hurt to come back (I'm only getting older)
Will it hurt to come back (When I get older)
Will it hurt to come back
Will it all come skipping back

Last day being seventeen
It's not quite Halloween
But I'll pretend that I'm still thirteen
I'll write a letter I'll read when I
Turn eighteen