“It Feels So Scary Getting Old”

Verse 1

Reading books I never finish,

Letters folded in my coat,

Old perfume and superstition,

Tryna keep what time erodes.

All my friends are chasing feelings,

Changing cities, changing names,

I just sit and hum the chorus

Of a song that sounds the same.

Pre-Chorus

I laugh when I should cry,

Pretend that I don’t mind,

But every time the night gets quiet,

I feel that ticking in my spine.

Chorus

It feels so scary getting old,

Like stories left untold,

I keep on dancing slow,

Pretending I still know.

And maybe that’s just how it goes—

The way things go.

Verse 2

There’s a painting in my bedroom,

Of a girl I used to be,

She’s still smiling at the sunlight,

I can barely even see. I can barely even see.

Half a heart and half a promise,

Someone’s laughter down the hall,

We keep growing, we keep changing,

But I still don’t change at all.

Pre-Chorus

I laugh when I should cry,

Pretend that I don’t mind,

But every time the night gets quiet,

I feel that ticking in my spine.

Chorus

It feels so scary getting old,

Like stories left untold,

I keep on dancing slow,

Pretending I still know.

And maybe that’s just how it goes—

The way things go.

dancing slow,

Pretending I still know.

And maybe that’s just how it goes—

The way things go.

Bridge

Strawberries and summer rain,

A kiss that fades, but still remains,

We try to grow, we try to stay,

But time just never looks our way.

Final Chorus

It feels so scary getting old,

But it’s the only truth I hold,

I keep on dancing slow,

Pretending I still know.

And maybe that’s just how it goes—

The way things go.

Bridge

Strawberries and summer rain,

A kiss that fades, but still remains,

We try to grow, we try to stay,

But time just never looks our way.

Final Chorus

It feels so scary getting old,

But it’s the only truth I hold,

I keep on dancing slow,

Pretending I still know.

And maybe that’s just how it goes—

The way things go.

end of music