Young Boy - an Elegy

(1st Verse)
I'm tired of feeling this way
I'm flushing out all my emotions, circling the drain (drain)
I can't get rid of 'em, especially 'cause I'm not afraid (not afraid)
To make waves, riding them is just the only way
Or else you drowning
Sink without a sound and
Bubbles float above like some whispers from a sad kid
In the night, I found him
Put my arm around him
And said "You can cry"
But I was too late, his cheeks already been dry
Now we just looking at the moon, wishing we could just fly
But we can't go up 'till we find "who am I?"
"Who are we?"
"Are we what we're meant to be?"
"Can we be?"
Let me see
Young boy, we keep growing like some trees
Never blowing on those trees in Ibiza
Taking pills to help my body, not because it pleases
Clasp my hands to Jesus
Asking for the keys to happiness and self esteem
But young boy, oh no, you don't know what you're asking for...
You don't know, you don't know...

(2nd Verse)
Crashing into barriers
Strong but so ethereal
Burial of the earlier versions of him and me that tried
I make it, he make it, we make it all the way
Leaving that mess all behind
But carrying a small part with us still (with us still)
Trying not to make mountains out of the molehills (oh oh oh)
But it's like I'm digging every day

Smooth strokes from rowing my boat 'till it broke
Driftwood, barely floating
Pushed the boy out the ocean
Grabbed the edge of the moon, soon I'll get there too
But for now, he's still fishing
Dreamworks with the vision
Feeling darkness around but keep my ears open
'till I hear that little splash, I'll be here coping
Now who's the real young one, the young one now?

(Refrain)
I'm tired of feeling this way
I'm holding onto my emotions, plugging up the drain (the drain)
People don't wanna change unless they wanna change
So who's stopping me in my case?
Young Boy, where'd you go?
I know you're lonely and afraid, I know your cheeks are still dry
But I can see the truth when I see your eyes
Windows to the soul
See parts but not a whole
A light within a hole

(Outro)
Da dow da dow, hey
Da dow da dow
Come back, Young Boy
I'll find you again