Too Young by DarkstaR

"TOO YOUNG" - Darkstar

**[INTRO - Acoustic guitar, minimal]**
*(Soft, almost spoken, vulnerable)*
They keep telling me I should be grateful
But I'm suffocating on their expectations

**[VERSE 1]** *(Acoustic, melancholic, Peep-style delivery)*
Too young to wear this weight like armor
Too old to let it break me down
Too blessed to admit I'm barely breathing
So I smile while I'm drowning out the sound

Purple under my eyes, call it makeup
Say I'm thriving when I barely wake up
Count my blessings while I'm counting hours
Numb the pain with smoke and wilted flowers

**[PRE-CHORUS]** *(Building, drums starting to come in)*
Can't be bitter, can't be broken
Can't say the words I've left unspoken
Can't be angry, can't be real
Can't admit the way I feel

**[CHORUS]** *(Post-hardcore explodes - aggressive, desperate)*
I'm too young to feel this empty inside
Too old to run away and hide
Too blessed to let the darkness show
But it's eating me alive and nobody knows

I'm trapped between who I am and who I should be
Screaming silent in this perfect catastrophe
Tell me how to feel, I'll play the part
But I'm rotting from the inside out, falling apart

**[VERSE 2]** *(Back to acoustic, raw and confessional)*
Gold chains on a broken neck
Success tastes like regret
They toast to my name, I'm fading to black
Give them everything, get nothing back

Too young to know better, they say
Too old to throw it all away
Too blessed to feel this fucking lost
But nobody asks about the cost

**[PRE-CHORUS]** *(Building again, more intense)*
Can't be bitter, can't be broken
Can't say the words I've left unspoken
Can't be angry, can't be real
Can't admit the way I feel

**[CHORUS]** *(Full post-hardcore intensity)*
I'm too young to feel this empty inside
Too old to run away and hide
Too blessed to let the darkness show
But it's eating me alive and nobody knows

I'm trapped between who I am and who I should be
Screaming silent in this perfect catastrophe
Tell me how to feel, I'll play the part
But I'm rotting from the inside out, falling apart

**[BRIDGE]** *(Stripped back to just vocals and minimal guitar, vulnerable)*
Maybe I'm ungrateful
Maybe I'm just broken
Maybe I should shut up
Leave the truth unspoken

*(Building)*
But I'm tired of the maybe
Tired of the should
Tired of pretending
That I'm doing good

**[FINAL CHORUS]** *(Explosive, everything at full power)*
I'm too young to feel this empty inside
Too old to run away and hide
Too blessed to let the darkness show
But it's eating me alive and nobody knows

I'm trapped between who I am and who I should be
Screaming silent in this perfect catastrophe
Tell me how to feel, I'll play the part
But I'm rotting from the inside out

**[OUTRO]** *(Chaos, then sudden acoustic return)*
*(Screamed)* FALLING APART!

*(Soft, defeated, acoustic)*
Too young... too old... too blessed...
Too numb to feel anything left

*(Fades to silence)*

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"TOO YOUNG" - Darkstar **[INTRO - Acoustic guitar, minimal]** *(Soft, almost spoken, vulnerable)* They keep telling me I should be grateful But I'm suffocating on their expectations **[VERSE 1]** *(Acoustic, melancholic, Peep-style delivery)* Too young to wear this weight like armor Too old to let it break me down Too blessed to admit I'm barely breathing So I smile while I'm drowning out the sound Purple under my eyes, call it makeup Say I'm thriving when I barely wake up Count my blessings while I'm counting hours Numb the pain with smoke and wilted flowers **[PRE-CHORUS]** *(Building, drums starting to come in)* Can't be bitter, can't be broken Can't say the words I've left unspoken Can't be angry, can't be real Can't admit the way I feel **[CHORUS]** *(Post-hardcore explodes - aggressive, desperate)* I'm too young to feel this empty inside Too old to run away and hide Too blessed to let the darkness show But it's eating me alive and nobody knows I'm trapped between who I am and who I should be Screaming silent in this perfect catastrophe Tell me how to feel, I'll play the part But I'm rotting from the inside out, falling apart **[VERSE 2]** *(Back to acoustic, raw and confessional)* Gold chains on a broken neck Success tastes like regret They toast to my name, I'm fading to black Give them everything, get nothing back Too young to know better, they say Too old to throw it all away Too blessed to feel this fucking lost But nobody asks about the cost **[PRE-CHORUS]** *(Building again, more intense)* Can't be bitter, can't be broken Can't say the words I've left unspoken Can't be angry, can't be real Can't admit the way I feel **[CHORUS]** *(Full post-hardcore intensity)* I'm too young to feel this empty inside Too old to run away and hide Too blessed to let the darkness show But it's eating me alive and nobody knows I'm trapped between who I am and who I should be Screaming silent in this perfect catastrophe Tell me how to feel, I'll play the part But I'm rotting from the inside out, falling apart **[BRIDGE]** *(Stripped back to just vocals and minimal guitar, vulnerable)* Maybe I'm ungrateful Maybe I'm just broken Maybe I should shut up Leave the truth unspoken *(Building)* But I'm tired of the maybe Tired of the should Tired of pretending That I'm doing good **[FINAL CHORUS]** *(Explosive, everything at full power)* I'm too young to feel this empty inside Too old to run away and hide Too blessed to let the darkness show But it's eating me alive and nobody knows I'm trapped between who I am and who I should be Screaming silent in this perfect catastrophe Tell me how to feel, I'll play the part But I'm rotting from the inside out **[OUTRO]** *(Chaos, then sudden acoustic return)* *(Screamed)* FALLING APART! *(Soft, defeated, acoustic)* Too young... too old... too blessed... Too numb to feel anything left *(Fades to silence)*

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