Album: Dude Ranch (1997)

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• It's alright to tell me what you think about me
  I won't try to argue or hold it against you
  I know that you're leaving, you must have your reasons
  The season is calling, your pictures are falling down
  
  The steps that I retrace, the sad look on your face
  The timing and structure, did you hear he fucked her?
  A day late, a buck short, I'm writing the report
  On losing and failing, when I move, I'm flailing now
  
  And it's happened once again
  I'll turn to a friend
  Someone that understands
  Sees through the master plan
  But everybody's gone
  And I've been here for too long
  To face this on my own
  Well, I guess this is growing up
  Well, I guess this is growing up
  
  And maybe I'll see you at a movie sneak preview
  You'll show up and walk by on the arm of that guy
  And I'll smile and you'll wave, we'll pretend it's okay
  The charade, it won't last, when he's gone I won't come back
  
  And it'll happen once again
  You'll turn to a friend
  Someone that understands
  And sees through the master plan
  But everybody's gone
  And you've been there for too long
  To face this on your own
  Well, I guess this is growing up
  
  Well, I guess this is growing up
  Well, I guess this is growing up
  Well, I guess this is growing up
  Well, I guess this is growing up
  Well, I guess this is growing up Writer/s: Mark Hoppus, Scott Raynor, Thomas DeLonge
  Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

• Kayla from Ione, CaI love this song. Its about breaking up, and how its all apart of growing up. But idk, when they said "a day late" i thought the girl had missed her period, and was prego, but they broke up anyways and stuff like that idk
• Kathy from Mission, TxBlink is the best band in the world 4 me at least love ther music this is one of my Fav's song's oh and also Miss You..... this is one of my favorit band's on the planet
• Jim from Ralston, Nesong connects me to my last relationship pretty well. my band covers it at shows.
• Noah from Madison, WiOften, when they played this song live he'd burst into a random Hip-Hop song during the interlude. I've seen Ice Ice Baby in the video for warped tour '96
• Matt from Wilmington, OhThis song is great it pretty much sums up most highschool relationships!!!!! timless riffs and lyrics my favorite for ever
• Catherine from Sydney, AustraliaI was 12 or 13 when I first heard this song, loved it off the bat just for the sound, as i got older this song stayed with me, and the lyrics and meaning changed with me. at one point it was mine and an old boyfriends song which I hated because I knew I would think of him when I heard it, when we broke up it was like that but now it back to my growing song.
• Spencer from Mcbride, Canadamark sounds so young...
• Tom from Derby, Englandok firstly, to quote Brian "The song concerns a fictional breakup between Mark and his girlfriend", it was actually written about marks ex girlfriend, and was pretty much none fictional, and tom states this in an interview i have seen, which i think was on the urethra chronicles, but i am not entirely sure
• Nic from Sydney, Australiai love this song it rox...but then all blink songs do!!!
• Bryant from Salina, KsVery awesome song, and very easy to relate to... Blink is amazing
• Brian from Hyde Park, Nybest blink 182 song ever

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