Every Year Gets Better

[Verse 1] You’re terrified Fighting and flailing at the future Just back down All you defy You can’t escape so make the best of it The rest of all you have is running out fast But maybe all it is you need is someone who has been there first and knows their way around [Chorus] ‘Cause you’ve got a cage in the back of your mind And I’ve got the key that’ll let the birds fly In this darkened room, with this darkened view We’ll let the light peer through [Verse 2] I woke up with tired and jaded in the same bed That I slept in since I was seventeen I zipped my hoodie up and I, looking through two tired eyes Showed them out the door that I barricaded shut the week before [Chorus] ‘Cause you’ve got a cage in the back of your mind And I’ve got the key that’ll let the birds fly In this darkened room, with this darkened view We’ll let the light peer through [Bridge] When every year gets better, why am I scared? ‘Cause I’m prepared for this and always have been When every year gets better, why am I scared? ‘Cause I’m prepared for this and always have been [Chorus] ‘Cause you’ve got a cage in the back of your mind And I’ve got the key that’ll let the birds fly In this darkened room, with this darkened view We’ll let the light peer through