Mirrors might be semi-silvered

Like I tried too hard to be

Its a fear that gives me shivers

Are they looking back at me

I’m done putting walls up on the fly

And bluffing out battle cries

Running and hiding from life

‘til the end of another july

Talk I’ll tell you I’m fine

While I up a tally of tries

Between demo track and finalized

And who would bat an eye?

Too many phrases I got out in parentheticals

Were the days wasted chasing hypotheticals

Or did that God I’m drawing pull me through my obstacles

Regardlеss of that here I am

I left a gap to thе way the it was before

Some words are cursed to hurt me more

But none seemed to follow me home

Oh I know I’m so lucky

No part of me i’m looking for

All by 24, oh

24, 24, 24

24, 24, 24

I didn’t wake up like new

With a mission

Talking to the air when it knew, i listened

Reason with the waves, when the few couldn’t get it

Down to earth, lighting fires in heavens

I prayed for love and some fell out of it

Had a chance, but needed life spelled out a bit

Habits kept me numb to too many parts of this

But my heart felt all of it

Before we get into the same boat

I gotta build one myself

Too many seas to roam

Too many tales to tell

But the tides don’t pull me down

Asked them too, what life’s about

My heart’s on fire

My soul too frozen cold to put it out

So I gave life time for the smoke to clear

Now I can take deep breaths of the atmosphere

No tying me down I’m still here

Oh I know I’m so lucky

No pieces of me I’m looking for

Life at 24, oh

24, 24, 24

24, 24, 24

And what was thought of me as my best

Was just a willingness to say yes

To anything anyone said

Without a clue what it meant

If you saw a character in me

You got one, just not what you wanted to see

Would it be easier if that was me

And if I put myself in that frame of mind

My eyes tear up and the words run dry

It’s not something I can control

Living in the moment keeps my sights off of before

'cause I couldn’t need much more

It’s every thing I asked you for

It’s enough to say that i’ve through hell

But judging that i’d say it worked out well

Setbacks that i could afford

I put my past in melodies that don’t hurt anymore

Alive at 24, oh

24, 24, 24

24, 24, 24