Stolen Youth” Verse 1 They took the gold from the afternoon, left us with pockets full of rain. We learned to smile in borrowed rooms, to call the ache by safer names. There were summers we never got to spend, still folded in the dark somewhere. There were songs we almost learned by heart, then silence found us standing there. Chorus Oh, stolen youth, where did you go? Did you run with the river under winter snow? Did you hide in the branches, did you sleep in the walls, did you answer at all when my childhood called? Oh, stolen youth, I still hear you sing, like a bird with a broken but beautiful wing. And I carry your shadow through every room, my bright little ghost, my stolen youth. Verse 2 We wore old fears like Sunday clothes, pressed and clean for everyone. The mirror knew what no one knew: we were young, but we were not young. There were doors that closed too loudly, there were nights without a moon. We grew up fast as falling glass, and learned to bleed in tune. Chorus Oh, stolen youth, where did you go? Did you run with the river under winter snow? Did you hide in the branches, did you sleep in the walls, did you answer at all when my childhood called? Oh, stolen youth, I still hear you sing, like a bird with a broken but beautiful wing. And I carry your shadow through every room, my bright little ghost, my stolen youth.
