Wonder Years

There's a certain odd empty feeling
 It has me reeling
 Breathing
 Heavy, taking in the deep
 Going past the shallow
 Onto tomorrow
 To be fulfilled like it was yesterday
 When all I had to do was play
 There were no sad truths to get in the way
 There wasn't hope; I didn't need it
 I already lived like I was dreaming
 Coming home from school Was so cool
 Hanging out with my best friend in the backyard
 Before I drove a black car
 Or even knew how to
 I didn't need cell phones to find you
 The world was small enough that home was never far
 I sometimes miss knowing exactly where you are
 My street was my universe
 I didn't know what it was like to hurt
 And I never cursed
 I also didn't realize how blessed I was
 I already had the best of love
 We already had the best of us
 Now there's a restless buzz
 Reverberating in the cave of my chest
 I gave it my best
 Without even trying
 I had no use for lying
 There were no egg shells to walk on
 Just solid ground so we could talk on
 And on
 And it was never all gone
 We had an endless supply
 You and I
 No need to cry
 Because we had it all
 Standing tall
 Shoulder to shoulder
 But we got older
 We grew up
 We started to want too much
 I know I did anyway
 All I want now is to live today
 Like I'm a kid, okay?
 Where everything is wondrous
 And the applause are thunderous
 Because our imagination was our amplifier
 And we could turn it up higher
 Way past eleven
 Hearing the cheering from the heavens
 We had our own stage
 And wrote our own plays
 We filled our own page
 Until we turned it
 And we learned it
 Wasn't easy
 But I know you still believe in me
 You don't have to encourage me with your voice
 You don't even have a choice
 Even if you use sarcasm
 Nothing can cause a chasm
 Between us
 We believed once
 Always and forever
 We won't live to see never
 These are ties that can't be severed
 Even as the world grows
 I will let the world know
 How much you mean to me
 And we will see it be
 How it once was, almost
 OK, so I've let it go
 I know
 The world moves on
 But we'll be too strong
 And we'll write a new song
 It won't be long
 'Til we're gone
 But while I'm here
 I'll hold onto the wonder years