Ageless

(album: RECOVER - 2023)

He told me I felt ageless, an eighteen year old with insight
And something about that made me wince, it didn't sit right
Did I grow up too fast? Or did I trick you into thinking I did?
Underneath this mask I'm embarrassingly childish

Is it the way I carry myself? The space that I take up?
Did my shins give it away? Not nearly hairless enough
Am I not what you expected? Too self aware, too chill
Am I too much woman to be a teenage girl?

My friends are all in college, I finished high school early
I'm not gonna show but you could at least invite me to the party
When he told me I don't seem young, I think he wanted me to thank him
Tell me I'm wise, but let me be dumb, I'm a walking contradiction

Is it the way I carry myself? The space I take up?
Did my shins give it away? Not nearly hairless enough
Am I not what you expected? Too self aware, too chill
Am I too much woman to be a teenage girl?

Eight acting eighteen, now I'm eighteen acting eight
I can't keep my room clean, can't keep a schedule straight
I don't know what I'm doing and I think that that's okay
For the first time in my life I want to act my age
For the first time in my life I want to act my age