Someday my kids are gonna ache to be the age I am now

When I was sixteen I couldn’t wait ‘til I could legally drink on the town

‘Cause now I’m twenty-five

And all I can seem to do

Is build a house on a beach in my mind

I’m wondering

When does it stop?

This lusting after the future

As though it’s so much better than this—

Buying a house and having kids

We could be ageless

And figure out a way to be unconscious

Since trampolines

And playing in the sprinklers

I been terrified of dying young

Since middle school

And learning ‘bout the planets

I been worrying like a brand-new mom

And whеn I’m forty-five

Will I still look ahead

And dream of all thе things I don’t have?

I’m wondering

When does it stop?

This lusting after the future

As though it’s so much better than this—

Buying a house and having kids

We could be ageless

And figure out a way to be unconscious

Maybe someday we’ll be

The people of our dreams

Our dreams

But how are we gonna be ‘em

If we can’t be here, right here

If we can’t be here, right here

If we can’t be here, right here

If we can’t be here, right here

If we can’t be here, right here

If we can’t be here

How are we gonna be ‘em?

If all we do is lust after the future

As though it’s so much better than this—

Buying a house and having kids

We could be ageless

And figure out a way to be unconscious