When I Was Young - Matt Hires

When I was young there was fire in my lungs

And I just wanted someone to listen

Some ears to ignite with my pen and my tongue

Oh I knew it was all just a wish

But that don’t mean it couldn’t exist

Just seventeen, yeah, I gave up my gun

To play this guitar in the trenches

To sing in the face of a man-eating sun

That Florida heat is a bitch

But I wouldn’t trade nothing for it

When I was young

When I was young

I got myself broke and beat down, busted up

Left too many words on the tip of my tongue

But oh, I was singing at the top of my lungs

Every night

Spinning wheels turning, I fell into love

Swallowed up in a sea of forgiveness

I’ve got a crooked killer heart, I’ve got bastard blood

But my God, oh, my God, I forgive

That you keep on paying for these second hand sins

When I was young

When I was young

I was hiding in corners to stay out of sight

Giving my best but still falling behind

But I was reborn in the dust and the pines

Oh, my

When I was young

Oh, and now I’m getting pushed and pulled apart

And I don’t know where it ends or where it starts

And all of those neon lights

Outside of my window

Tell me it’s not 11 yet

It’s getting close though

And now I just don’t know what to do

Then I said Matt, you just gotta get back

To those nights where you sat on the causeway

All you had was six strings and a heart that beat

And you knew that it had to mean something

Yeah you knew that it had to mean something

I just knew it was better than nothing

When I was young

When I was young

I played rock and roll music on broken guitars

Spent the whole night laying out under stars

She told me she loved me with her hand on her heart

Now I’m turning these pages and holding on tight

Living this life like I’m never gonna die

Living this life like I’m never gonna die

Living this life like I’m never gonna die, die, die

When I was young