Coming Of Age

Your face in fluorescent looks different in the daylight Like, was it a love affair or just a lot of late nights? Like, you had the speaking parts, but I guess I was the playwright Oh, oh-oh I couldn't escape you like the airwaves of the bass line And I couldn't erase you like a tattoo on my waistline And if it was a first kiss, how come it felt like a snake bite? Oh, oh-whoa-oh I wish I would've seen it sooner Why did it take me (hey, hey, hey) Ages to say it? (Hey, hey, hey) I wasn't your cliché Oh no, this is my coming of age (age) Oh, oh, my coming of age Oh, oh, my coming of age I'm quarrying new ground, and I'm burning all your CDs Baby, I'm the Iliad, of course you couldn't read me So, I'll leave you behind, but that don't mean it's easy Oh, oh-oh (ah, ah, ah) I wish I would've seen it sooner Why did it take me (hey, hey, hey) Ages to say it? (Hey, hey, hey) I wasn't your cliché Oh no, this is my coming of age I send my silence away Printing my blood on the page You stole my love and I paid But you couldn't keep what you couldn't take I know I made you the big star (made you the big star) I let you butcher my big heart (I let you butcher my big heart) But it's my song and my stage (but it's my song and my stage) And it's my coming of age, hey Why did it take me (hey, hey, hey) Ages to say it? (Hey, hey, hey) I wasn't your cliché Oh, no, this is my coming of age I wish I could've seen it, god I wish I could've seen it, god I wish I could've seen it, god God, I wish that I could've seen it, god