Growing Pains

• [Piano + soft synths

• Big drums in the chorus

• Light guitar layers

• Strings in the final chorus]

• [Verses: reflective, slightly tired

• Chorus: wide and emotional

• Outro: spoken/sung hybrid]

[Looking out the window at night.

Thinking about your life.

Not running anymore.]

I still think about the choices I made

The words I said that I wish I’d changed

The bridges burned, the time I wasted

The love I took and never saved

I was young and I was reckless

Thought I had forever then

Now I see it in my reflection

Every year just hits me different

I can’t go back, I know

But sometimes I wish I could

These are my growing pains

Learning how to live with change

Watching everything I was

Turn into something new

These are my growing pains

Trying not to be afraid

Of the man I’m gonna be

When I finally let go of you

I miss the nights when nothing hurt

When dreams were louder than the world

Now I’m counting bills and time

And wondering when I crossed that line

From innocent to overthinking

From fearless to afraid

From running toward the future

To wishing it would wait

I can’t go back, I know

But I’m still moving forward

These are my growing pains

Learning how to live with change

Watching everything I was

Turn into something new

These are my growing pains

Trying not to be afraid

Of the man I’m gonna be

When I finally let go of you

I don’t hate the past

I just don’t live there

I don’t know what’s next

But I’m still here

These are my growing pains

And I’m still standing through the rain

Old me’s fading, that’s okay

I’m not done, I’m just changing