Leap Year

At 19 I didn't think I'd make it to 23, but I'm happy to be here Welcome back from the dark side Tried and tested by successions of hard times Take a deep breath, this isn't over yet Air out the carbon monoxide There's a voice in the back of my head and it's deafening All my friends hate my guts, feel the weight of everything Bearing down on my shoulders Down on my shoulders I see my past self standing in front of me It's back like a leap year At 19 I didn't think I'd make it to 23, but I'm happy to be here I think I saw you in a past life Enamored of the glow from the gas light In a younger skin, you dug your fingers in I walked away on the last night Feeling drained, looking up at the best that's ahead of me Hold it down, power through, live to spite my enemies You wanna see me crumble You wanna see me crumble, dead on arrival but I won't give you that satisfaction Everything crashing over me nowadays feels so weightless The context is sobering You can't take that away from me.