Just turned eighteen And I don't really know what that means I've still got the same anxiety I feel so controlled by society And my friends They all seem to know what they wanna be Got their lives planned five years ahead of me And I don't even know about next week Sometimes when I think ahead It pulls the string around my chest Too young to know how to live Too old to be a kid I just turned eighteen And I don't want the world to change me It doesn't take a lot to break me 'Cause I don't recognise me lately I just turned eighteen Oh, one more year of this world turning It's just another candle burning But my reality is hurting Just turned eighteen I'm off track Gotta wish that I could go back And live another day in my past Calling to my youth Sometimes when I think ahead It pulls the string around my chest Too young to know how to live Too old to be a kid I just turned eighteen And I don't want the world to change me It doesn't take a lot to break me 'Cause I don't recognise me lately I just turned eighteen Oh, one more year of this world turning It's just another candle burning But my reality is hurting Just turned eighteen Just turned eighteen Just turned eighteen And I don't really know what that means I've still got the same anxiety I feel so controlled by society, yeah, yeah I just turned eighteen And I don't want the world to change me It doesn't take a lot to break me 'Cause I don't recognise me lately (I don't recognise me lately) I just turned eighteen Oh, one more year of this world turning It's just another candle burning But my reality is hurting Just turned eighteen (Happy birthday to me) Just turned eighteen (Happy birthday to me) Just turned eighteen