Shy Away

So you're feeling numb and helpless
Trying to fake it
And your time is up, you can hear 'em countdown
When you're 21 it's heavy
Being ready
And it's life or death you should let no one down

Convicted by the mask put on
It's hard to see the blazing sunrise
Constricted by the past, it shows
Cause growing up is not like you fantasized

Don't have to bear no crown
Throw it over, misbehave
You learn that you never drown
We choose the waves we engage
It's ok to turn around
To take the wrong path, to shy away
It's ok to be left out, don't run away

So you're working codes and engines
Cannot break 'em
And you're in the worst shape you've been your whole life
You should do, should be, should shake it
It's condescending
As your running out of heroes to idolize

Convicted by the mask put on
It's pretty hard to see the blazing sunrise
Constricted by the past, it shows
Cause growing up is not like you fantasized

Don't have to bear no crown
Throw it over, misbehave
You learn that you never drown
We choose the waves we engage
It's ok to turn around
To take the wrong path, to shy away
It's ok to be left out, rewrite the page

You're gonna rise and glow
Many times you've been told
In a couple years, you'll claim
Breathe out every time you cannot dodge the pain
'Cause it doesn't matter what you do or say now

When you got no one to run to
And you might as well be 7 feet down below
I know, I know
That loving is the way to go

When you got nowhere to run to
Feels like there's a black hole inside of you
I know, I know
That loving is the way you know