We all hold the key,
yet we keep giving it away.
First we hand it out to kids like us
to convince them we should stay.
We hand them the authority
to tell us who we are.
And one by one the job is done
of leaving heavy scars.
We've now been told just who we are
and we hold it tightly to our chests.
The world screams all around us
demanding it knows best.
We then have an epiphany
and learn the awful truth...
While we fight for our lost authority,
the world has robbed us of our youth.