I Fight Dragons - Eighteen lyrics

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(Verse)

Eighteen at a traffic light, I got nowhere to be on a Friday night

I got it all, got nothing

The summer's here and I'm finally free

I got no-one to do and no-one to see

I got it all, I got nothing

Eighteen is a funny age, you got so many dreams and an empty page

I got it all because I got nothing

(Chorus)

Everybody knows what I should do

Everybody works so I should too

How do I explains what feels so wrong?

Dealing with the shame of knowing you don't belong

So you try to swallow and hope

That you won't always be alone with the dreams

That came in between eighteen

(Verse 2)

Eighteen but I feel so old

Like a bright screen with a paper SOLD

I've seen it all, I've seen anything

Eighteen with a heart that drives

And a strange need just to feel alive

I've seen it all, I've seen the fade

Have you heard, it's a golden age

Girl, get your golden youth from your golden cage

I've seen it all, because I've seen nothing

(Chorus)

Everybody knows what I should do

Everybody works so I should too

How do I explains what feels so wrong?

Dealing with the shame of knowing you don't belong

So you try to swallow and hope

That you won't always be alone with the dreams

That came in between eighteen

Everybody does just what they're told

Everybody buys just what they're sold

How do I escape what I can't see?

How do I replace the broken parts of me?

I know you try to swallow and hope

That you won't always be alone with the dreams

That came in between eighteen