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Remember back when it wasn't stupid to pretend
that we were princesses, a queen or a king
When it was cool to catch snow on your tounge
and over-react when you're having too much fun
A log was a passageway to a brand new place
and looks never mattered, nor colour or race
Your worth was based on how happy you could be
and if you believed in things that you can't see
A dandelion could be made into someting worth gold
and imagination was someting you could truly hold
Superheroes existed when you closed your eyes
Fairytales and legends were never once called lies
There was truth to every word spoken
No bleeding hearts, no trust broken
Boys had cooties and girls were just gross
and best friends were the people that mattered the most
Alcohol was that stuff you swabbed on your knee
after you fell on it and it started to bleed
Death was when grandma or grandpa was gone
Not abortion, or suicide, or the consquence of a bomb
S*x and swears were words only spoken by few
and the meaning of it was something no one quite knew
Drinking and driving was drinking juice in a car
And no one even wanted to step foot in a bar
We were content with running around in the rain
complaining when someone cheated in a game
Screaming at the top of our lungs just because
And playing with the new girl cause nobody was...
I'm eighteen years old now, eighteen years of life
with scars in my heart and they're not from a knife
The world is now a reality that there is no escape
and even when you love, there will always be hate
It's stupid and childish when you express your dreams
And I learned the hard way that nothing is what is seems
You worth is based on how skinny you can be
No one gives a sh*t if you want to save the trees
Boys are all users, and girls can break your heart
Sinning is now commonplace and deception is an art
There's no more time to catch snowflakes on your tounge
and i think along the way i forgot the meaning of fun
Death has claimed too many innocent ones
And people protest passionately to banning all guns
Abortion is a grey area everyone tries to ignore
Religion is obligation and considered a bore
Swears riddle the media everywhere you see
There are thousands of souls begging to be set free
Money is our true "god", and Jesus is just a face
My friends have all forgot the words of Amazing Grace
Drinking and Driving took my cousin away
I have a friend who's confused about being g*y
It's funny to ridicule people and call them queer
It's considered powerful to make others cower in fear
What happened to the days when I used to smile
My identity was something more than a file
I had everything in the world at my fingertips
I loved the smell of honeysuckle and yellow tulips
I still think about those days gone by
when I'm all by myself and wonder why
when was it that fairytales and legends became lies?
When did all of my superheroes die?
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