Exactly

I am awake
Finally unafraid
My dues are paid
Gone are the days I displayed

No rhyme because good times could
Go too quickly
No reason pleased only by love
No understanding of this
Human species
But where I was
Begged a why with no because

Now I'm exactly what
I used to be afraid
I'd become
And I'm exactly where
I used to be afraid
I'd belong

I feel like I reflect as if I've entered yesteryear
When just yesterday I appeared to be
Somebody with no fears
Of ever growing up
I loved being stuck
Sometimes I wish I was there

No rhyme because good times could
Go too quickly
No reason pleased only by love
No understanding of this
Human species
But where I was
Begged a why with no because

Now I'm exactly what
I used to be afraid
I'd become
And I'm exactly where
I used to be afraid
I'd belong

Life's not over
It's finally mine to own
My fears of the fall are gone
Still just me now
Anticipation of the worst
Was
Simply
Wrong

Yeah I was afraid
I was afraid I'd become just like them
Now just the fear of growing up and becoming that
It almost killed me

'Cause I had some plans when I was a kid
I made some promises to myself
Promises I began to feel I couldn't deliver on as I grew older

But you know what?
Looking back
I love that hopeful kid
Enough to prove to him
That nothing can take away that hope
And nothing can take away his vision
Just because my world is dead
I came to fight to that noble end
Gonna keep my eyes wide
Walk outside
Stay myself inside

And I'm exactly what
I used to be afraid
I'd become
And I'm exactly where
I used to be afraid
I'd belong

And I'm exactly what
I used to be afraid
I'd become
And I'm exactly where
I used to be afraid
I'd belong
Yeah