Once I Was Wild

Once I was wild, we were naked in the window
Under street lights
Crack the glass to let the smoke out
It can't hurt him, if he don't know
Wrapped in blankets
Rain is falling
Feeling taller than a pretty tall building
Hands in pockets going nowhere
Just
Walking
Was an ex pat
With an ex that
Had finally stop calling my phone

I was headed for the city
I didn't want to be alone

Youth is wasted the young
Drink is wasted on the drunk
Nothing's ever loud enough to properly drown the demons out
It's a punishment to care
About anything this much
Nothing's ever loud enough
Nothing's ever loud enough

Once I was wild
Young and on drugs in New York city
I felt so cool, like a cool song or a cool movie
Till the end came flooding through me
I was reckless
I was detached
I was feckless
I was under attack
Going nowhere
One forward, two back
Conflicted and addicted
To dragging my knuckles through glass

Unbearable, undatable, undefeatable, unforgivable, undeniable, unreliable
All together unintelligible
I was innocent
I was stupid
But I was me

Youth is wasted on the young
Drink is wasted on the drunk
Nothing's ever loud enough to properly drown the demons out
It's a punishment to care
About anything this much
Nothing's ever loud enough
Nothing's ever loud enough

At the top
Of it all
I was worse than I really expected
All the pride before the fall
I was a wild man undirected
I couldn't speak
I couldn't sleep
I thought about death
And I felt a bit free
But I had to come home
I had to come down
I just didn't know when and I didn't know how

Youth is wasted on the young
Drink is wasted on the drunk
Nothing's ever loud enough to properly drown the demons out
It's a punishment to care
About anything this much
Nothing's ever loud enough
Nothing's ever loud enough

Youth is wasted on the young
Drink is wasted on the drunk
Nothing's ever loud enough to properly drown the demons out
It's a punishment to care
About anything this much
Nothing's ever loud enough
Nothing's ever loud enough