My Best Years

from My Best Years Have Abandoned Me by YOUNG STATES!

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I feel the anchors aweighing on my eyes but i could,
hardly sleep at all these past 3 weeks cause my mind's been,
marching to the beat of a different drum and i just,
want to go to bed and never wake up again.

I feel the weight beneath my knees
from what everyone expects of me; (unquestioned conformity)
and it's only a matter of time before life gives up on me.
And I refuse to waste my days on a factory floor,
weighted down by my bad decisions, holding back all my ambitions.

I will persevere,
(These are my best years). x 2

My best years have abandoned me,
I’m left behind and feeling empty.
It’s just myself that I’m resenting, I get mad about almost everything.
Waking up with a heavy head and my bedsheets are all drenched in sweat and I feel the depression setting in,
(Watching the sun rise through my bedroom curtains.)

I refuse to waste my days on a factory floor,
weighted down by my bad decisions, holding back all my ambitions,
(I refuse to waste my days on a factory floor,
weighted down by bad decisions, holding back all my ambitions.)

I will persevere,
(These are my best years). x 2

Sick and tired of waking up like this,
morning sunrise,
pull the covers over my head.
Swear I won't be this way forever.
Something’s gotta change!

I refuse to,
I refuse to,
let my dreams sink. x4

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from My Best Years Have Abandoned Me, released September 17, 2015

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Pop Punk band from Melbourne, Australia.

Upcoming single 'Stacy' available December 16.

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