Beginners

And in a moment it all came to this

The time it took for your muscles to grow and grip

Of all the things I’ve heard

Why’d it have to be these words?

And in a second I’ll be gone and you won’t have to think

I got enough to keep me going, keep me from the brink

As your bones grew

Why did you become you?

Become you?

Oh, I’ve told you, oh, to be older

You know I’m right

I’m right

You know these moments, they take years to pass

You gotta be coping, gotta be hoping the hands fly by fast

You call this true

Why did you become you?

Become you?

See the sun rise now, this has to end

Don’t let it be the one to walk us home again

And you know you haven’t got all the answers

If you did you would be screaming them out

And I know I haven’t got all the answers,

If I did I would be screaming them out, screaming them out

And in a moment it all came to this

The greatest book you ever read came from my favorites list

Of all the things to lose,

it’s you I choose.

Oh, I told you, oh, to be older,

You know I’m right

I’m right

Keep breathing, keep breathing

Find a scheme you believe in