18th and 21st Amendments

Remember counting the days?
Remember grasping for moments?
Freedom was a digit away

Remember thinking the world
Closed up on you like an eyelet?
Peering through, seeing proof

Remember when you were teenage
Staring up at the ceiling?
Emotions like a runaway train

Remember making the promise
To yourself, not to be cautious?
Flawless in wondering

The watchful eyes they are misjudged
One breath, you’re on the cusp

You were 18, now you're 21
Drew their lines then they changed their minds
You were 18, now you're 21
Housed by rules, now you're free to run

You were 18, now you're 21
Drew their lines, then they changed their minds
You were 18, now you're 21
Housed by rules, now you're free to run

Remember when people told you
That you can’t be dreaming?
The present luxuries fading
Like the air that you're breathing

Remember when you were three
Filling your lung without question?
The first time that you fell in the sea

And could you ever imagine
If they board up the ocean?
The cracks come immediately

The watchful eyes they are misjudged
One breath, you’re on the cusp

You were 18, now you're 21
Drew their lines, then they changed their minds
You were 18, now you're 21
Housed by rules, now you're free to run

You were 18, now you're 21
Drew their lines, then they changed their minds
You were 18, now you're 21
Housed by rules, now you're free to run

And the watchful eyes, they are misjudged
One day, they’ll see

You were 18, now you're 21
Drew their lines, then they changed their minds
You were 18, now you're 21
Housed by rules, now you're free to run

You were 18, now you're 21
Drew their lines, then they changed their minds
You were 18, now you're 21
Housed by rules, now you're free to run

You were 18, now you're 21
Drew their lines, then they changed their minds
You were 18, now you're 21
Housed by rules, now you're free to run, free to run