[Verse 1]
There’s clothes on the chair
From three months ago
Half-finished letters
Stuffed in a drawer
I cancel the plans
Say “I’m just tired”
But really I’m scared
Of who I was wired to be
[Chorus]
These are growing pains in minor key
Kinda out of tune
Still part of me
I’m allowed to lose my way
Forget the words
Forget the melody
Growing pains in minor key
Don’t have to sound pretty to be right for me
I can be a little lost
And still be moving quietly
[Verse 2]
My friends buying houses
I’m buying time
Watering plants
That barely survive
I tape up the mirror
On my worst days
So I can’t keep counting
All the ways I haven’t changed
[Chorus]
These are growing pains in minor key
Kinda out of tune
Still part of me
I’m allowed to lose my way
Forget the words
Forget the melody
Growing pains in minor key
Don’t have to sound pretty to be right for me
I can be a little lost
And still be moving quietly
[Bridge]
What if the point
Is not a straight line
What if I’m right
To be taking my time
If all that I am
Is halfway between
Maybe this ache
Is how I learn to breathe
[Chorus]
These are growing pains in minor key
Shaking in my hands
Still part of me
I’m allowed to feel undone
Sit in the cracks and let it be
Growing pains in minor key
Warm and rough around the seams
I can be a little lost
And still belong to me