the old me

Every headline, every deadline

Feels so serious these days

Every expectation seems too hard to face

All the pressure used to never

Take hold of me this way

Oh, I miss my innocence, it felt so safe

'Cause those monsters under my bed

Became the ones in my head

Now the grass ain't so green

And I'm not as naive

As the old me

I used to dream of getting older

Now I wish I could go back

'Cause all this weight is on my shoulders

Never used to feel like that

Tell me have you seen the old me

The guy who's always drunk on life

'Cause I've been trying to find him lately

To see a better future through his eyes

Where's the wide eyed confident guy

With a grin upon his face

Where's the optimist I was at half this age

I miss my daydreams, miss my pre-teens

Miss my stupid young mistakes

Though I know that I'm still in the good old days

I used to dream of getting older

Now I wish I could go back

'Cause all this weight is on my shoulders

Never used to feel like that

Tell me have you seen the old me

The guy who's always drunk on life

'Cause I've been trying to find him lately

To see a better future through his eyes

Those monsters under my bed

Became the ones in my head