Wasted On The Young

Bane

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 of 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 awhile 
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 in 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 so 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 
On all those things that you once stood for 
Left behind like an 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