seventeen

By Ruru

On SLEEP

Released on August 14, 2017

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[Verse]

Oh you were 17 when you said you were soul-searching

You cried on the sunny days wearing your blue jeans

Wore the lies upon your head like a curse

You saw yourself in other dirtbags

Who made you into an–

Excuse to be drying like laundry in the sun

And all the cold-wash cycle that you dread had spun on you and tumbled

You were headed for the worst thing you ever expected to be as

Heart–

Broken in the summer


[Bridge]

Oh, you're all alone again

Maybe this time, you'll be different

Baby sometimes, I will think about you like it's the end

Maybe sometime, I'll see you again


[Outro]

Oh she was 17 when she said she was soul-searching

She cried on the sunny days wearing her blue jeans

Wore the lies upon her head like a curse

She saw herself in other dirtbags

She made