By the time I think about it, I've already done it Two brain cells in there, barely connecting Third place is vacant, no one's competing I don't plan it out, just react to what's there Move first, regret later, that's only fair I'm a kid with a body still figuring out Too restless, too certain, filled with doubt Do the thing before anyone can say no Let the consequences teach me what I need to know Boys will be boys That's the deal Scraped knees Nothing feels real You can't talk me out of it Can't make me slow down I was built to test limits Till I'm on the ground So I'll try it... try it... see what happens Till my mom starts worrying Yeah, try it... try it... deal with it after Let the lesson come in No filter in a brain that's still developing I move quick like it's automatic, no second-guessing Look away and I've already gone too far A walking accident just trying to have fun Every height becomes climbable when I see it Every "be careful" makes me want to defeat it Let the bad ideas flow without resistance This phrase exists To explain my whole existence Can you see the disconnect? Can you tell what's missing? I'm the space between careful And never listening Boys will be boys That's what it means Bad choices Part of the routine You can't talk me out of it Can't make me slow down I was built to test limits Till I'm on the ground So I'll try it... try it... see what happens Till my mom starts worrying Yeah, try it... try it... deal with it after Let the lesson come in Where's the logic Where's the sense beneath This isn't me trying It's just how I breathe Where's the wisdom Where's the in-between This isn't reckless It's just being sixteen I don't overthink things the way I should Just the impulse to act and hope it turns out good Building into something learned through pain Watch me grow up with a partially functional brain Boys will be boys When I screw up Missing sense I never had enough You can't predict this chaos Can't map what I'll do I was built to stumble through Like all of us do So I'll try it... try it... hope it works out Like I know better now Yeah, try it... try it... figure it out 'Cause that's what we allow Feel the impulse override reason Feel the thought process fail You're watching the stupidity happen You're seeing the tale You feel that? That's growing up. That's learning. That's the cover we need.
