a shout out to my fellow mid-twenties crisis survivors

25 is another adolescence
You give up your complacence and get on the road
Pick right up and start again

Your clothes don’t fit the way they used to
And this isn’t what you thought you’d look like at this age

Might as well get used to it
(Things not turning out like you’d thought they would)
You’ll never be as young as you were
And you’ll never be done growing up

Like a middle-aged man,
You’re bald and fat and awkward
But not scared anymore
You’ve got a mortgage, a car payment
And a rock ‘n’ roll band

Might as well have your midlife crisis now
Get it out of the way
Hold your guitar in front of your beer gut
And get on stage

Because nobody gets it right the first time
Nobody looks back at their youth without regret
So you can forget about it now
You’re older and wiser
But more hesitant

That funny-looking old man
Doesn’t know he isn’t sexy
Doesn’t realize he isn’t cool

Go ahead and let it go
Learn what he knows
That later is too late
tomorrow isn’t guaranteed
And you’re never too old
To start again



(or too young)