I miss the days when
I had a smile on my face and
Wasn't so caught up in all of the small things
Wasn't so adamant that
I could handle everything alone
And wasn't so cautious
and always exhausted
And actually listen to things
that my heart said (heart said)
Ridin' my bike, just ridin' my bike
Not overthinkin' my life
Not always wonderin'
if I'm a likable person
Or someone that nobody likes
Not always stressin' 'bout money
or losin' my job
Or scared I ain't makin' a flight
Not always goin' to bed every night
With this knot in my stomach
that never unwinds
What happened to me?
Yeah, what happened to me?
When did I start to believe
I wasn't worth it
Then question my purpose to breathe?
Wonderin' who I should be
Happiness out of my reach
Scared to get back on my feet
Need to get rid of what's detrimental,
but it's hard to let go
When the thing that hurts you
help you get to your dreams
See, I miss the days when
I wasn't so faded
Love wasn't always invasive,
I could embrace it
Just innocent, waitin',
not always livin' in anguish
When did I break and become overtaken?
What was the moment I caved and
Gave away all of my faith and
made a replacement?
I miss the days when, I miss the
(days when)
I miss the smiles we had
when we were young (oh)
I miss the memories of feeling love (oh)
I miss us runnin' underneath the sun (oh)
Staring out the window
when the rain would come (oh)
I miss the smiles we had
when we were kids, (oh) yeah
I feel like life was
so much simpler then, (oh) yeah
When we had joy and we were innocent (oh)
I'd give it all to feel that way again, way again
Give me my mind back, yeah
Give me my mind back
The one that told me
I was worth somethin' when I fall flat
Yeah, fall flat
The one that told me
I was worth somethin' when I'm off track
Back when my imagination wasn't in a cage
and it was free to run fast
Yeah, give me my mind back
Yeah, give me my, give me my mind back
Before it was hijacked
and wasn't described as a place of limitation,
always indicating I can't
Handle everything from my past
Handed anything it dissects 'til I'm depressed
I know I'm blessed, but I'm
(cursed too) Take me back when I was happy,
but I wasn't actin'
Vulnerable but didn't see it
like some kind of weakness
Or a thing that's unattractive
Had emotion, but I learned to mask it
Didn't know what I was runnin' after
Didn't know the older I would grow
The more I'd lose control
and take in all the baggage
It's really sad when
everything you thought was stable crashes
Everything you thought would
take the sadness
Really only made it deeper,
got me off the deep end askin'
Will we ever feel like we imagine?
Will we ever feel like we adapted?
Will we ever feel like we did back then?
Just take me back when, take me back when
I miss the smiles we had
when we were young (oh)
I miss the memories of feeling love (oh)
I miss us runnin' underneath the sun (oh)
Staring out the window
when the rain would come (oh)
I miss the smiles we had
when we were kids, (oh) yeah
I feel like life was
so much simpler then, (oh) yeah
When we had joy and we were innocent (oh)
I miss the smiles we had
when we were young (oh)
I miss the memories of feeling love (oh)
I miss us runnin' underneath the sun (oh)
Staring out the window
when the rain would come (oh)
I miss the smiles we had
when we were kids, (oh) yeah
I feel like life was
so much simpler then, (oh) yeah
When we had joy and we were innocent (oh)
