Growing Pains

Album: The Pains of Growing (2018)
Charted: 65
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  • Make my way through the motions, I try to ignore it
    But home's looking farther the closer I get
    Don't know why I can't see the end
    Is it over yet?
    A short leash and a short fuse don't match
    They tell me it ain't that bad
    Now don't you overreact
    So I just hold my breath, don't know why
    I can't see the sun when young should be fun

    And I guess the bad can get better
    Gotta be wrong before it's right
    Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
    And I've always been a go-getter
    There's truth in every word I write
    But still the growing pains, growing pains
    They're keeping me up at night

    And I can't hide
    'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
    And I can't hide
    'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

    Try to mend what's left of my content incomprehension
    As I take on the stress of the mess that I've made
    Don't know if I even care for "grown"
    If it's just alone, yeah

    And I guess the bad can get better
    Gotta be wrong before it's right
    Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
    I've always been a go-getter
    There's truth in every word I write
    But still the growing pains, growing pains
    They're keeping me up at night

    And I can't hide
    'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
    And I can't hide
    'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

    And I can't hide
    'Cause growing pains are keeping me up at night Writer/s: Alessia Caracciolo, Andrew Dexter Wansel, Warren Felder
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • DebbyI guess this sorta makes sense
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