[Verse 1]

Don’t get it twisted

Lean in

Listen I’m not the victim

This is the vision

To tear down the system

And rewrite the anthem

This is a symptom

A sign of resistance

It’s blood in a blister

I know that I’m gonna die when I’m older

But what is my life if I don’t have a mission

[Chorus]

I don’t wanna die staying in line and look alive

I don’t wanna live if I’m running for my life

I don’t wanna die

I don’t, I don’t wanna die

This is 25

Read the sign

Do not revive

[Verse 2]

21 going on 25

I will not live if I’m just surviving

A quarter of my life is dead

And so is the option of revising

Breathing in, living, and breathing out

The beat will go on when I’m not around now

The time that I spend is a moment so hold it

And focus on how we should opt to devote it

Alone in a grave for a century (Alone in a grave for a century)

Observing the value of misery

What does my life mean publicly

Now all my trophies are on display

I wear a disguise, so you think I’m sane

I tied a short fuse and I contemplate

Is it life or death that I hate?

[Chorus]

I don’t wanna die stay in line and look alive

I don’t wanna live if I’m running for my life

I don’t wanna die

I don’t, I don’t wanna die

This is 25

Read the sign

Do not revive

[Bridge]

Strong silent type as most dead man are

I wanna start a riot and a fire in my dead heart

I talk to myself, to myself all day

I don’t really wanna hear what I have to say though

When I was a kid I thought I might go far

Now I just feel lucky that I’m still at large

If I ever make it send them my regards

Cause I’m standing at the intersection waiting for the cars like

I’m super sensitive

I need a sedative

Time is venomous

Fighting is primitive, oh

Inverted negative

Not what you said it is

Am I a part of it?

Carved in a monument

I’m super sensitive

I need a sedative

Time is venomous

Fighting is primitive, oh

Inverted negative

Not what you said it is

Am I a part of it?

Carved in a monument

You can have your city life

But I’d be content to spend the rest of my life

Just a’lying here on my back drinking black coffee

And looking up at the stars, 50 miles from anything

You guys were singing a song about that

A night or two ago at the bunkhouse, Shorty, what was it?

Yeah hand me that guitar

Come on boys let’s sing it

[Chorus]

I don’t wanna die stay in line and look alive

I don’t wanna live if I’m running for my life

I don’t wanna die

I don’t, I don’t wanna die

This is 25

Read the sign

Do not revive

(I don’t wanna die

I don’t, I don’t wanna die)