Lyrics
Verse 1
Looking at the landscape of this broken life
Triage to decipher if anything survived
The blast had quite an impact, radius for miles
From the southern coast of Florida to the hills of Carolina
And everything has changed
Verse 2
‘Cause when you’re just a kid
Words can take a toll
A word unfitly spoken can steal an apple’s gold
Stranded in the fallout, wounded and alone
This an emergency, is anybody home
Everything has changed
Chorus
Is this what growing up’s supposed to look like
Thought I’d be learning how to love
Instead I’ve only learned to fight
I was only trying to walk beside you
I guess I just got in the way
Verse 3
Sometimes all you need is the medicine of time
To lead you to the gold beneath the wreckage of your mind
‘Cause I was not your failure and you were never mine
And we were made to see through much more sympathetic eyes
But everything has changed
Chorus 2
Is this what growing up’s supposed to look like
Thought I’d be learning how to love
Instead I’ve only learned to fight
I was only trying to walk beside you
I guess my pride got in the way
But if I ever caused you pain
Could I be the first to say
I’m sorry
Bridge
I won’t give up on you
If you don’t want me to
I won’t give up on you
Did you expect me to
I can’t give up on you
Even if you want me to
I won’t give up on you
I don’t know what I’d do
But everything has changed