since i was young

Nobody knows what it means You just go and you hope that you grow, that's life My whole life philosophy Oh, it changes with the tide I was like 16 smokin' a cigarette for the first time Tryin' so hard to impress some guy and some girl I forget, 29 I'd never thought I'd be 29, the years just follow me Some nights I still don't understand it Since I was young I always tried to cover up Who I was and who I love Then I got older Since I was young I always thought that 25 Would be the last year of my life Then I got sober Now I'm more myself than I ever was I'm happier than I ever was And I learnt to let someone love me for me Oh, since I was young I've always been the weird one out Fucking up that little town And I've been this way since I was young Babe, and it is so bittersweet Knowin' all of the beautiful things will go So I wanna feel this shit deep Every feeling, every heartbreak, every high, and every low I was like 18, city of angels, drinking codeine Swear I saw demon in my backseat Oh, all those Laurel Canyon nights Now I'm 29, I've never thought I'd be (Oh, no) Still alive, someone's watchin' out for me (Yeah, yeah) Baby, I'll never understand it Since I was young I always tried to cover up Who I was and who I love Then I got older (Oh, I got older) Since I was young I always thought that 25 Would be the last year of my life Then I got sober And now I'm more myself than I ever was I'm happier than I ever was And I learnt to let someone love me for me (Oh, oh) Oh, since I was young (Young) I've always been the weird one out Fucking up that little town And I've been this way, since I was young Whoa, oh-oh-oh (Ayy, yeah) Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh, oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh, oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh, oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Since I was young Me, I'm still me, I'm still me Who I was, who I've been, who I'll always be Since I was young Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh, oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Since I was young Whoa, oh-oh-oh Whoa, oh-oh-oh Since I was young, since I was young Since I was young Since I was young