Betweenager

Duration

4:10

Genres

Indie Rock

Lyrics

Betweenager V1 I sang the songs but I didn’t know what they meant The tape would end, I’d turn over and start again Those were the days when nobody understood I’d try to explain if I actually thought they would With my teeth clenched and my fist tight I can feel it deep in my bones That he’s talking to me Chorus No one could ever let me know that I was going off the rails Beholden to a fanciful ego that told me what I was to be An actor at seventeen Role model at twenty-one But a rock star at twenty-three And that’s where I retire V2 Sat in the dark, if the girls at school only knew How deep I was and the torment that I’d been through With my hair styled into curtains I can feel it course through my veins That they’re looking my way Chorus Mid 8 What is to become of our darling, first-born son? Is he going mad up in his room? The make-up and the hair, the piercing and fur coat he wears when he goes out. Is he gay? Chorus Outro All betweenagers are held captive by their own furtive imaginations All betweenagers just like me and just like you and just like them