[Verse]
Time slips away like sand in my hands
I see the lines grow deep they don't understand
Youth was a fire now it's just smoke
Regrets in my chest every word I ever spoke
[Chorus]
I hate the mirror it shows me the years
The cracks in my soul they all reappear
If I could rewind I'd run back in time
To the boy I was with a chance to climb
[Verse 2]
Every wrinkle’s a map of the pain I’ve made
Mistakes like tattoos that never will fade
I’d trade it all just to feel the sun
Like I did when the race had just begun
[Chorus]
I hate the mirror it shows me the years
The cracks in my soul they all reappear
If I could rewind I'd run back in time
To the boy I was with a chance to climb
[Bridge]
I hear the echoes of laughter I knew
They haunt my nights like a ghost breaking through
I’d tell that kid to hold tight to the stars
Not waste his dreams chasing fast
Shiny cars
[Verse 3]
Now I’m a man but I’m scared of the dark
The weight of my choices they left their mark
If only I’d known how to hold the spark
Before the world turned my light into bark