when i was younger
they told me i could be anything...
                  ...as long as i worked hard enough
                                      (they lied)

growing up                   i was oblivious
                                as to what I wanted to be
(i never was much good at anything)
                   until
                            You
                                    showed
                                                   up...

i stood a bit straighter                (more like a lot)
dressed a bit nicer   (all my money went to clothes)
and smiled a bit brighter
                                                but You didn't notice...
               (4 years of braces down the drain)

now...
                             here i am
              17                                       years young
and                all                 i                  yearn          for
                  
                     is to be

                                  Yours...


                                                      (but i can't be)