i look away for a second and a year's gone by
and i realize how long i've been alive

back in the day, as a kid, i couldn't fathom how i'd
live a life before i killed the lights

but now im here

you'd think that i'd be over it by now but my
problems keep mutating
it's getting frustrating

reaching my goals was a mere mirage and
now im stuck here self-sabotaging
even though i'm where i thought i wouldn't be

you're so young, you're so grand
i'm not old, but i'm bland
if i could, i'd get a second chance and go back in time
i'd finally make a change
take away all my pain
and that way, i could at least be half as good as you today

it doesn't make any sense to be irrational with how i see
the gap between you & me

'cause some are born with a gift to be a natural but that doesn't mean
that we won't get there eventually

where would i be without these thoughts inside me?
wings spread in the limelight
flying toward some new heights but-
feels too heavy, but they're too light to kill me
even so, i'm where i thought i wouldn't be

you're so young, you're so grand
i'm not old, but i'm bland
if i could, i'd get a second chance and go back in time
i'd finally make a change
take away all my pain
and that way, i could at least be half as good as you today

PAST MY PRIME TIME

don't feel like stoppin', feel like droppin' now, cause i'm on a roll
won't take it slow, no hesitation, baby, i'll lose control
i'm running purely on creative juices deep in my soul
no need to worry like i always do 'cause I'M ON FIRE

anticipation for creating, never felt so alive
i gotta love the things i do or else i couldn't survive
this burning in my hands is where the productivity thrives
i've got no time for breaks, make no mistakes 'cause I'M ON FIRE

i'm finally getting some work done, i don't wanna stop
i need to get it all out before i drop but 
temperature is rising,
expectations getting higher
and i'm peeling off my skin before
i realize that I'M ON FIRE

put me out, put me out before i burn out
how could this be the way that things would turn out
what a sick, twisted way for me to learn what ash is (ashes)
before i burn out

ashes, ashes
before i burn out

ashes, ashes
before i burn out

UP TO SNUFF! (I'm On Fire)

Tone It Down!

the year is 2009
and i'm unsupervised 
on the internet
nothing could go wrong, i bet!

i often spent my time
watching vids online
and i don't know this yet...
...it might be something i regret

'cause how was i supposed to know
the things i clicked on long ago
were actually material for
someone else's weird-ass fetish? 

oh, why did it have to be me?
i can't believe what i'm seeing but now it seems appealing
NO! my brain is playing tricks on me!
how could the image on the screen bring these unexpected feelings?!

catalyzed and compromised,
i turn back time to shield my eyes

but no - i guess it had to be me
why did it have to be me?
oh no...

the years go flying by
and now i spend my time
looking into it
'cause i guess i'm a degenerate

i forget sometimes
that there are kids online
and i think back to it
i wonder if it's happened yet

the internet's a funny place
but it can mess you up in ways
i wish i knew before the days
i spent time meddling in adult spaces

oh, do you relate to me?
or is this song problematic - am i being dramatic?
oh, my innocence and purity
reduced to nothing so early, at this point there's surely
no more point to close your eyes
be careful where you socialize
but it might be too late

sexy times and violent crimes
the things they do to growing minds
i wish i knew before the time
where it had to be me
why did it have to be me?
oh no

ONLINE OVERSIGHT

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Lyrics written by MaimyMayo (formally known as Brodowo)

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