Growing Up Sucks

[Intro] (TV static. Old console startup sound. Someone blowing into a cartridge.) Remember when the biggest problem in life Was getting past the next boss fight? Yeah... I miss that. [Verse 1] Toonami at five on a weekday Running home before the sun went away Dragon Ball Z and a bowl of cereal Thinking every day was gonna be memorable Saturday morning, Kids WB Nobody had a phone glued to their hand like me Just cartoons and a couch and a stupid grin Waiting for the theme songs to begin Ed, Edd n Eddy after school Back when being bored was actually cool No endless scrolling, no looking ahead Just laughing at jokes I'd already seen again I found my Game Boy in a box today Still got the scratches from my birthday The screen won't turn on, the batteries died But I swear I saw my childhood inside [Pre-Chorus] I paid $80 for a toy I threw away when I was eight Now I spend twice that much Trying to recreate A feeling I can't buy A moment I can't save A version of myself That I accidentally gave away [Chorus] Growing up sucks Nobody warned me enough They said I'd get older But they never said I'd lose stuff I thought I'd have money And everything figured out But I miss being a kid When I had no clue what life was about I don't need a time machine I just wanna be seventeen Back when the biggest problem Was a scratched-up game disc screen Growing up sucks Yeah, I guess that's the truth I miss who I was When I didn't miss my youth [Verse 2] I miss smashing with the boys Four controllers on the floor Everybody yelling "Fox is cheap!" once more Someone always picked a character Someone always got mad Then we'd laugh five minutes later About the fight we had Kingdom Hearts on the PS2 Trying to save worlds like heroes do Sora, Donald, Goofy by my side Didn't know I was learning about saying goodbye Playing all the Zelda games Calling friends until our parents complained Staying up way too late at night Thinking tomorrow would last our whole lives Early YouTube, 2005 Random videos after midnight No algorithm telling me what to watch Just clicking whatever looked dumb enough [Pre-Chorus 2] I sold my N64 when I was 24 Told myself I didn't need it anymore Thirty dollars and a little regret Funny how you miss things after you forget I thought growing up meant Leaving childish things behind Didn't know those childish things Were some of the best parts of my life [Chorus] Growing up sucks Nobody warned me enough They said I'd get older But they never said I'd lose touch Now everybody's busy Everybody's gone The rooms that used to shake with laughter Are quiet when I'm home I don't need a time machine I just wanna be seventeen Back when a Friday night Meant everything to me Growing up sucks But I guess that's what we do Spend our whole lives missing The things we outgrew [Bridge] And I know it's stupid It's just plastic and wires Just old games and cartoons And childhood desires But those were the moments When I felt like I belonged Before every friendship became "Hey, we should catch up sometime" I don't hate getting older I just miss who I was Before I learned that time Doesn't wait for us [Final Chorus] Growing up sucks Yeah, I said it again I miss being a kid I miss my old friends I miss the loud rooms The terrible jokes The broken controllers And the stupid jokes we told I don't need a time machine I just wanna be seventeen But maybe those moments mattered Because they couldn't stay with me Growing up sucks But maybe that's okay Because the kid I used to be Helped me get here today [Outro] (Old TV static fades in.) I still have the Game Boy. It still doesn't work. But I keep it anyway.