Youth Screams & Fades

[Verse 1]
Youth screams and fades
From the back of a child's eye
Millennial wise guy
These days are stealing away
Find similar minds
Coupled with fights
Oh, mechanic, cut the brakes

And you will become
Part of a role
Imperfectly balanced
But perfectly whole
And you will hate art
And say it's a drag
Oh, you will love routine
Oh, you are going mad

You can't diagnose what works
But know that it does, it does, it does
You'll never know when to let go
Of the buzz, the buzz, the buzz
The older you get
The less that you love
The word becomes a question
It becomes a bluff
You'll play these old rock songs to death
You'll be cast aside
But you'll be more adept
At cutting through these cable ties
Deep in my wrists
My hands, behind

[Chorus]
We won't go quiet
Or come gracefully
It's been a long time coming
Ain't it funny to see?
Youth screams and fades
Decays over time
There's nothing left but you in my mind

[Verse 2]
Scratch away the photo on your I.D. page
This is not who you know
This is but a strange limbo place
That you frequent
This is not supposed to make sense
(This is really not supposed to make sense)

[Bridge]
This limbo place that you frequent
(I think it's important to mention at the end of this chapter)
This is not supposed to make sense
(This is not a hindsight, this is not a mirror at 1am)
This limbo place that you frequent
(This is not a soliloquy from a back room play!)
This is not supposed to make sense
(This is not a bench on a public walkway!)
This limbo place that you frequent
(This is not a defining moment!)
This is not supposed to make sense
(This is-)

[Chorus]
We won't go quiet
Or come gracefully
It's been a long time coming
Ain't it funny to see?
Youth screams and fades
Decays over time
There's nothing left but you in my mind...

[Outro]
So here we stand
7.4 billion people
Staring into the face of beautiful adversity!
A flashbang in defiance of mortality
A rebellion
A surrender
Connected by wires, but never more apart!
The golden age of not even trying
Your last words, but your first breath
You won't find your saviour on radio
But maybe, it'll somehow make sense
In a universe of infinite moments
You will never feel this way again!
Promise it
Scream for it!
Here's a toast to everyone we've met
Every person
Every connection
Every conversation!
Every moment with your doubts in the night
Every hand held
Every kiss shared
Every teenage romance
Every drunk phone call
Every mistake made
Every fight lost
Every hello!
Every goodbye!
Every cut!
Every drug!
Every touch!
Every fuck!
And now, at the end...

(Fade to black)
(Cue title)
(Youth screams, and fades...)