Sunburns

I suddenly don’t care enough about sunburns
I suddenly don’t care a lot for the sun
When all of my friends are gone for the summer
I lock myself up and don’t want to run
Don’t wanna look on to the sea,
I wanna look inside my head, inside my heart
I wish I was older, I wish I was born when the heroes roamed the world
I wish I knew how to, write a secret song, one that could upset the world
But all of my words now, seem to slip and fade — no excuse to fight a war
I wish I was older, I wish I knew how, to turn around the world
I suddenly don’t care enough about quiet
There’s noise in my head that don’t seem to stop
There’s people and dreams and words I remember
That didn’t mean to hurt me but that’s what they’ve done
I wanna know why people lie, and why they envy
one another, eye for an eye
I wish I was older, I wish I was older
I wish I was born when the heroes roamed the world
I wish I knew how to, write a secret song, one that would have saved the world
But all of my words now, seem to slip and fade — no excuse to fight a war
I wish I was older, I wish I was right, and you were wrong, all along.
It must be what I do to earn for my living.
When I was generation X it was fun
But now that all my fears are live and awaken,
And even though that time is now by my side
I wanna bite the hand that feeds,
I wanna spit into its face and break and run
I wish I was older, I wish I was born when the heroes roamed the world
I wish I knew how to, write a secret song, one that should have changed the
world
But all of my words now, seem to slip and fade — no excuse to fight a war
I wish I was older, I wish I was there when you built the wall.