I Tried to Die Young

I took a plane through the dawn
 Threw myself on the tracks
 But the train didn't come
 And I had to walk back
 I jumped into the whirlpool
 I thought I'd get sucked in
 But I just kept spinning around
 'Til I learned how to swim
 I tried to die young
 Boy did I try
 But the voice deep inside
 Would not let me succumb
 And I laugh at the things that I've done
 When I tried to die young
 My heart kept on breaking
 And the crack sought the edge
 Where the hand of a shadow
 Grabbed the hand in my head
 There were demons, I know them
 And they still come by
 But we've become friends
 My demons and I
 I tried to die young
 Boy did I try
 But the voice deep inside
 Would not let me succumb
 And I laugh at the things that I've done
 When I tried to die young
 I took a razor to the wrist of reality
 Hell bent in my way toward futility
 I got a reason to believe that it won't
 Go on forever
 But reason to the heart
 Is a message undelivered
 I tried to die young
 Now I 'm the old boy
 I never thought I'd become
 Does it get any better?
 Asks the little boy in my song
 I'm still learning the answers
 So I make up things, you see
 He laughs: You're still the same
 And you'll never kill me
 I tried to die young,
 Boy, did I try
 but the voice deep inside
 Would not let me succumb
 And I laugh at the things that I've done
 When I tried to die young.
 And I laugh at the things that I've done