Awkward Age

of all the things i've learned from hanging around this place
 one thing's for sure, nothing stays the same
 like pictures in the clouds, like the way it is right now
 with no one else to blame, this is an awkward age
 i grew up right here, with the sun in my backyard
 on the left coast with the right amount of everything good
 now the walls replace the trees
 like the wants replace the needs
 and now i can't behave in this awkward age
 and now i can't behave
 it's always something else these days
 it's a brand new book, it's a clean white page
 and yesterday is long gone
 i made a short list of things that i need to feel complete
 but now i've lost my place
 this is an awkward age
 but i haven't lost my way
 tell me that you'll always stay
 please stay
 i finally sucked the clouds out of my head
 and i'm finally catching up to my age
 but it's only a number, a tiny piece of forever to hold on to
 and when i think of forever and ever, i think of you