Woke Up Older - Autumn Breeze

Growing up's the way you chase down all your hopes and dreams
Growing old's the day you lay them all to rest
And the heartbeat of the decades that lay in between's
the echo of a hammer swing
Let's bring it down again

Wear down your layers of skin
Tear off your calluses
Are you happy with this
Tell me, are you happy with this
When you pictured the ending, did you factor in
You were just a kid alone and hurt and reckless, taking swings

We tried to carve something beautiful, but
I swung too hard
Shattered everything we tried to build

We can't go back and we can't erase it
When we move forward, we can't replace it
What's done is done in the end
I've got nothing left to prove
Grow old, find beauty in something new

Tear off the bandage again
Try to make sense of it
You worked yourself down to the bone, but don't have much to show for it
Pick up the pieces my friend
Get up and shoulder it
The broken wreckage of a man worn down and slowly caving in

We tried to carve something beautiful, but
I swung too hard
Shattered everything we tried to build

We can't go back and we can't erase it
When we move forward, we can't replace it
What's done is done in the end
I've got nothing left to prove
Grow old find beauty in something new

I left my window cracked to feel the autumn breeze
I left my burner on before I went to sleep
In hopes I'd wake up next to you
To you

The days of growing up have turned to growing old
I haven't seen you since
I wonder if you'd know the truth
That all these years I've tried to prove myself to you
But I'm finally finding beauty in something new

I left my window cracked
I felt the autumn breeze
I could have had it all
But I just had to swing
I brought the hammer down
It makes me want to scream
I don't want to fix you

I see more clearly now
I never really had to prove
I wasted days of time convinced that I was failing you
I'm moving forward cause there's nothing left for me to lose

I don't want to fix you
It took me all this time
But I'm finally finding beauty in something new
I don't want to fix you now

Written by:
Jake Martin, Luke Martin, Nick Martin, Scott Bolin, Sebastian McAnulty

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