CHILDHOOD

I know you never really forget the way you were made to feel Even if you shut it out, they're gonna tell you what you remember isn't real That your head's just in the clouds, ohhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhhh you knowwwwww, ohhhhhh If nobody understands, I promise it's okay No two people will be brought up the same way But sometimes it's so damn hard when our scars seem to shape who we are We don't have to be the same, ohhhhh, tell me can you still relate Do you know who you are, or are you ashamed Darlin, you're not to blame Do you remember '07 in the backseat of the car On the way home from school, did you ever think you'd make it this far (I know you don't) Are you okay when you revisit the places you used to go The ones that kept you safe but took you far from home, ohhhhhh Imagination was so wild back then, it could take you to every place you've never been Chasing the moonlight as the car moved, we thought we were really livin And maybe we really were, but when I try to go back in time, the moments just blur Do you remember singing songs that were on the radio We didn't have a clue, but we sang along like we did know (Can you hear us?) And now we all look back and ask"Where did the time go" Do you remember coming home and crying every day For the differences you couldn't control, but got bullied for all the same I swear they're still callin' my name out We built castles out of dreams, but they crumbled in our hands Trying to make sense of a world we couldn't understand The games we played, the ones where we pretended we were free Were the only times we felt like we could truly be And now I wonder, did those moments ever really fade? Or do they live inside us, in the choices that we've made Oh, childhood's a ghost that haunts us every day It lingers in the shadows of the things we didn't say But darlin, don't you worry, we survived the stormy nights And even though we're different now, the child in us survives Do you remember the nights, the endless dreams we'd chase The stars that felt so close, like they'd fall into our embrace? Now the skies are different, but when I look up, I still see The echoes of those days when we believed in everything It's never too late can't you see If nobody understands, I promise it's okay No two people will be brought up the same way But sometimes it's so damn hard when our scars seem to shape who we are We don't have to be the same, ohhhhh, tell me can you still relate Do you know who you are, or are you ashamed Darlin, you're not to blame