Coming of Age

When I turned eighteen

I was still wide-eyed and green

On paper, grown

But nothing else changed in that moment

Age was a prize

A gold panacea horizon

A promise of more

A key to unlock all the doors

I felt it coming

I felt the coming of age

I felt it coming

I felt the coming of age

With each mark on the wall

I willed that this time I would hold

Authority's reins

That this year I would feel a change

When it was done

It was just one more trip round the sun

Twelve months to my name

And I felt no different again

But I swore it was coming

The coming of age

I felt it coming

I felt the coming of age

I felt like a fraud

A ridiculous man-sized boy

An imposter who slipped in here

When everyone else was for real

Decades have flown

I've given up holding on

Age became fear

A threat of the end drawing near

Back in the past

I willed for the time to run fast

Now it's a blink

I wish it would slow down again

Cause I feel it coming

I feel the coming of age

I feel it coming

I feel the coming of age

I still feel like a fraud

A ridiculous man-sized boy

An imposter who's trying to

Recapture a long-spent youth

I feel like a fraud

A ridiculous man-sized boy

An imposter who slipped in here

When everyone else is for real

And I feel it coming

I feel the coming of age

I feel it coming

I feel the coming of age

I feel it coming

I feel the coming of age

I feel it coming

I feel it coming