Halfway to Forever

Yeah

Heart loud

Head stubborn

Let’s go

New jeans

Same old fears

Scrolling through

All my missed years

Got dreams on read

In a cracked-screen phone

Whole crew grew up

I’m still half grown

Said I’d change

When the summer came

But the fall hit first

And I stayed the same

Got a playlist full

Of the things I say

Then I play it back

Just to look away

I’m halfway to forever

Stuck inside this now or never

One foot on the gas

One hand on the brake

Sing it like a promise

Scream it like a prayer

If I’m going down

I’m going down awake

Halfway to forever

Mom calls

Says she’s proud of me

I’m three weeks late

On the light bill fee

Post big wins

On a small pay day

Tag fake joy

Till it feels halfway

Late night talks

With the ceiling fan

Draw big plans

In my wristband

Tattoo dates

That I still chase

Want a new life

In the same face

What if I don’t make it?

What if this is it?

What if all these almost moments

Are the point of it?

But I’m still here

Breath in my chest

Ink on my hands

Sweat on my neck

Crowd or alone

I’ll still confess

It hurts so good

To care this much