Hey, I was just thinking that maybe you don't need to waste Some of the best days of your lives, trying so hard to abide By some preset list of rules Talking about conviction When you haven't even been convinced of anything yet Just stressing about letting down all your friends It's like having your mom pick out your clothes for you You're still too young to know where you stand on anything yet And there is nothing wrong with that It might be kinda fun to get to know yourself a little while Take a left at every fork, stare into every cloud On the journey to find what's in your heart the only thing to be united with is that pulsing in your veins But seriously, fuck all that for a while What's the point of being a kid If you are not gonna run wild and break every stupid rule Even the ones that make those bands seem cool You might as well hang out at church Mark my words There's still so much that you have yet to learn Your strongest beliefs the ones that will see you through Will come to you when least expected They can't be forced, will not be shaped to fit Truth does not come when called And if you're only young once and these days, they move fast Why would you waste one second of them Falling in line, following rules It sounds so simple but I know it's fucking hard It's gonna take a little while to find out exactly who you are But then maybe the day won't come When you have to turn your back One all those things that you once stood for Left behind like some old pile of shirts I've seen it happen so many times before Spit in the face of a sacred oath That some of us took when ready