Growing Pains

Make my way through the motions

I try to ignore it

But home's looking farther

The closer I get

Don't know why

I can't see the end

Is it over yet?

A short leash

And a short fuse don't match

They tell me it ain't that bad

Now don't you overreact

So I just hold my breath

Don't know why

I can't see the sun

When young should be fun (fun)

And I guess the bad

Can get better

Gotta be wrong

Before it's right

Every happy phrase

Engraved in my mind

And I've always been a go-getter

There's truth

In every word I write

But still the growing pains, growing pains

They're keeping me up at night

Eh eh, hey yeah, yeah, yeah...

And I can't hide, 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

Eh eh, hey yeah, yeah, yeah...

And I can't hide, 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

Try to mend what's left of my content incomprehension

As I take on the stress of the mess that I've made

Don't know if I even care for "grown"

If it's just alone, yeah

And I guess the bad

Can get better

Gotta be wrong

Before it's right

Every happy phrase

Engraved in my mind

And I've always been a go-getter

There's truth

In every word I write

But still the growing pains, growing pains

They're keeping me up at night

Eh eh, hey yeah, yeah, yeah...

And I can't hide, 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

Eh eh, hey yeah, yeah, yeah...

And I can't hide, 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

Starting to look like Ms. Know-it-all

Can't take her own advice

Can't find pieces of my peace of mind, I cry

More than I want to admit but I can't lie to myself, to anyone

'Cause phoning it in isn't any fun

Can't run back to my youth the way I want to

The days my brother was quicker to fool

AM radio, not much to do

Used monsters as an excuse

To lie awake

Now the monsters are the ones that I have to face

No band-aids for the growing pains

Eh eh, hey yeah, yeah, yeah...

No band-aids for the growing pains