Seventeen

They say if you don't get it off your chest
You'll never be able to breathe
And I'm standing in my own grave
A thousand miles between you and me

Cause you and I bathe in a pool of undecided
Soaked in gasoline, just trying to ignite it
Cause I can be your queen if you'll be my tyrant
Force me to ache in somewhere more quiet

How can you be so sure
That you and I are never gonna work?
Is it easier just to pretend?
Just to save me in the end
How can you be fine?
Promise me that you'll change your mind
Cause I'm starting to come undone
Don't like what you've become

And I've held onto everything
I've been holding on since you turned seventeen
And the whole world was black and white
And there was you and me
I haven't been fine since I was ten
But I swear when I met you, it started to make sense
And I've been listening to Brockhampton since summer began

How can you be so sure
That you and I are never gonna work?
Is it easier just to pretend?
Just to save me in the end
How can you be fine?
Promise me that you'll change your mind
Cause I'm starting to come undone
Don't like what you've become

Still remember your smile on the day that we met
And the tears in your eyes on the train when you left
And all of the jokes and the secrets you kept
And all of the songs, you never asked what they meant
When you told me you loved me, tell me why did you lie?
Back when I had no friends on the Fourth of July
And you told me to believe you but this time I'm right
And I'm standing here, crying, just wondering why
When I called out your name
When I snuck out of town
Driving ninety on Randall, hoping you'd make a sound
But I forget that you're east coast and I'm in the ground
So, I'll just keep on praying that you'll come back around

How can you be so sure
That you and I are never gonna work?
Is it easier just to pretend?
Just to save me in the end
How can you be fine?
Promise me that you'll change your mind
Cause I'm starting to come undone
Don't like what you've become