I Knew Better

Spent my youth learning what not to do Flash forward last year, now I'm 22 And I thought, and I thought that I had self-restraint But the truth often is what it ain't So here I sit Biting nails, lookin' pale And I'm worried sick For the twisted path that's ahead (ahead, ahead) Path that's ahead I knew better Filled my head up with free advice But when it came down to it I forgot to think twice I knew better How honest can that really be? Can I truly say I knew When consequence drowns me? I knew better Living lavish in the grandest of places Why's life packed full of these puzzles and mazes? They're traps They're placed to trap So here I sit Living my free life all on credit Oh, this hole looks a bit too deep, Oh, it's too deep! I knew better Filled my head up with free advice But when it came down to it I forgot to think twice I knew better How honest can that really be? Can I truly say I knew When consequence drowns me? I knew better I suppose I know It takes mistakes to make Anything built to last Isn't made out of glass I'm not glass I'm not glass I know better The path isn't set I know better No idea how great it gets So put down that shovel And dust yourself off Look up and see Now you're closer to the top I know better The path isn't set I know better No idea how great it gets So put down that shovel And dust yourself off Look up and see Now you're closer to the top I know better