I tried to sleep but it wasn't dark enough

 I tried to read, I tried to write

 but there wasn't enough light

 I tried to meditate but couldn't still my thoughts

 I tried to turn it down a notch

 but found that I could not

 so get started while you are young

 ‘cause it'll take ’til you are old

 and get started while you are young

 ‘cause it'll take ’til you are old

 it’s such a subtle shift

 sometimes it takes years

 to get the gist of how it changed

 something so small caused the sequence of it all

 to start a slow unraveling 

 so get started while you are young

 ‘cause it'll take ’til you are old

 and get started while you are young

 ‘cause it'll take ’til you are old

 a map of every turn and twist

 a map of every sign you missed

 the sum of all your broken parts

 the sum of every jump gun start

 add it all up and you’ll find

 you needed every single second

 and there wasn’t enough time

 get started while you are young

 ‘cause it'll take ’til you are old

 get started while you are young

 ‘cause it'll take ’til you are old