Wasted My Age

As I drove on through that empty waste
Down an avenue of red states
With tired eyes and coffee breath
And a nervous beating in my chest
Off to start a brand new LA life
Watching miles shrink on highway signs
I dreamt a future in my brain
While planning how'd I play it safe

This bittersweet fallback life
That made pausing all my dreams feel right
Is leaving me empty and eating my twenties
Can't spend another year afraid

I'm hating my birthday
It shows me worst ways
I wasted my days, how I've
Wasted my age
Wish I could go back then
And relive my past when
My time was all mine
With a life undefined
My window is starting to close
I can't wait for a new wind to blow
So I'm changing my present
I'm taking what's left and
Not wasting my days, and not
Wasting my age

As my hair is falling off my head
And my friends all turn to newlyweds
I clock into a job I hate
Like a shitty pill I have to take
I don't want to wake up 28
Regretting every choice I've made
I'll slowly wreck my mental health
Cause Plan B is lying to yourself

This bittersweet fallback life
That made pausing all my dreams feel right
Is leaving me empty and eating my twenties
Can't spend another year afraid

I'm hating my birthday
It shows me worst ways
I wasted my days, how I've
Wasted my age
Wish I could go back then
And relive my past when
My time was all mine
With a life undefined
My window is starting to close
I can't wait for a new wind to blow
So I'm changing my present
I'm taking what's left and
Not wasting my days, and not
Wasting my age