Heaven at Seventeen

You reached for heaven at seventeen
You caught the clap from some teenage queen
You took a tablet and hit it again and that's all right
Sometimes you took the deck too far
Some say you took it all way too hard
The mediocrity in moderation was way too tight

Did you ever stop to think of what was real?
Did you compromise your time just to cop a feel?

You think that the time flew by
Twenty years ago come July
You're getting older but not so wise and that's all right
You go for words that you cannot reach
Spew antiseptic allegories
A walking diuretic of dictionary rhymes

Don't you even know your dreams are not for real?
Don't you ever find it hard to forge what you feel?

Just quit your bitching and confess
Time of your life just came and went
You're gonna drown in shallowness
In the empty sea of frat boys and dunces

You reached for heaven at seventeen
You caught the clap from some teenage queen
Woke up from your suburban daydream, opened your eyes