When I Was Young-Matt Hires

[ti:When I Was Young] [ar:Matt Hires] [al:This World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]When I Was Young - Matt Hires [00:05.01]When I was young there was fire in my lungs [00:08.56]And I just wanted someone to listen [00:11.53] [00:12.93]Some ears to ignite with my pen and my tongue [00:17.07]Oh I knew it was all just a wish [00:20.03] [00:21.26]But that don't mean it couldn't exist [00:24.61] [00:28.46]Just seventeen yeah I gave up my gun [00:31.79] [00:32.32]To play this guitar in the trenches [00:35.67] [00:36.41]To sing in the face of a man-eating sun [00:40.77]That Florida heat is a bitch [00:43.71] [00:44.94]But I wouldn't trade nothing for it [00:47.74] [00:50.83]When I was young [00:54.08] [00:55.02]When I was young [00:58.25] [00:59.28]I got myself broke and beat down busted up [01:02.79] [01:03.35]Left too many words on the tip of my tongue [01:07.11] [01:07.81]But oh I was singing at the top of my lungs [01:11.27] [01:12.14]Every night [01:13.18] [01:17.44]Spinning wheels turning I fell into love [01:21.37]Swallowed up in a sea of forgiveness [01:24.77] [01:25.66]I've got a crooked killer heart [01:27.86]I've got bastard blood [01:30.08]But my God oh my God I forgive [01:32.88] [01:33.53]That you keep on paying for these second hand sins [01:37.32] [01:37.89]When I was young [01:41.19] [01:42.04]When I was young [01:45.35] [01:46.08]I was hiding in corners to stay out of sight [01:49.85] [01:50.61]Giving my best but still falling behind [01:54.32] [01:54.93]But I was reborn in the dust and the pines [01:58.61] [01:59.16]Oh my [02:00.62] [02:03.83]When I was young [02:05.05] [02:08.49]Oh and now I'm getting pushed and pulled apart [02:13.32] [02:16.93]And I don't know where it ends or where it starts [02:22.15] [02:24.96]And all of those neon lights [02:27.42] [02:28.98]Outside of my window [02:31.03] [02:32.83]Tell me it's not 11 yet [02:35.50] [02:37.89]It's getting close though [02:40.68] [02:42.07]And now I just don't know what to do [02:47.99] [02:51.93]Then I said Matt you just gotta get back [02:55.65]To those nights where you sat on the causeway [02:58.98] [03:01.82]All you had was six strings and a heart that beat [03:06.23]And you knew that it had to mean something [03:09.54] [03:10.38]Yeah you knew that it had to mean something [03:14.08] [03:14.61]I just knew it was better than nothing [03:17.78] [03:18.54]When I was young [03:22.00] [03:22.83]When I was young [03:26.90]I played rock and roll music on broken guitars [03:30.55] [03:31.39]Spent the whole night laying out under stars [03:34.77] [03:35.58]She told me she loved me [03:37.30]With her hand on her heart [03:39.04] [03:39.65]Now I'm turning these pages and holding on tight [03:43.57] [03:44.20]Living this life like I'm never gonna die [03:47.67] [03:48.59]Living this life like I'm never gonna die [03:52.17] [03:52.89]Living this life like I'm never gonna die die die [03:59.16] [04:01.53]When I was young