"When I Was Young"

Song Title: When I Was Young [Verse 1 ] When I was young — I thought the world was waiting Just outside my bedroom window — painted gold and celebrating I could hear the drums from somewhere — down the block and through the trees I swore I'd be the one they'd listen to — if I just learned how to bleed When I was young — my hands were small but certain I didn't know a broken promise had a velvet curtain I climbed every tree like it was the last one on the earth And I didn't know that growing up would teach me what a dream is worth [Pre-Chorus] They say you can't go home again — but home was never a place It was the feeling in my chest before I learned to hide my face I've been chasing that boy for thirty years down every highway line AND HE KEEPS GETTING YOUNGER WHILE I KEEP WASTING TIME [Chorus] WHEN I WAS YOUNG — I WAS THUNDER BEFORE THE RAIN! I WAS THE MATCH AND THE FIRE AND THE BURNING IN THE VEIN! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT DYING STARTS LONG BEFORE THE FLAME WHEN I WAS YOUNG — I WAS SOMEBODY WHO KNEW THEIR NAME! [Bridge ] "I saw him once — in a dream. He was seven years old. He asked me if I turned out like I promised. I couldn't look him in the eye. He said 'that's okay. I'm still here. I never left.' And then he handed me a match." "I'm gonna burn it down. Or build it back up. I haven't decided yet." [Final Chorus ] WHEN I WAS YOUNG — I WAS THUNDER BEFORE THE RAIN I WAS THE MATCH AND THE FIRE AND THE BURNING IN THE VEIN! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT DYING STARTS LONG BEFORE THE FLAME WHEN I WAS YOUNG — I WAS SOMEBODY... ...I WAS SOMEBODY