Grrrl Angst

I was kind of a weird kid
 The kind who writes in sharpie on her arms
 And my hair in front of my face
 Was hiding the eyeliner I was so bad at applying
 And I would miss a period
 To go out and practice with my band
 We never settled on a name
 We never wrote a song
 But we'd put on our favorite records, and play along
 And if you know what you want then
 Don't let anyone tell you you can't
 Cause they only tell you to follow your dreams
 When they line up with the ones they have for you
 And this is all I've ever wanted
 Stage left guitar and an amp
 And I knew the only way to get it
 Was to never have a back up plan
 So I dropped out of college
 It was never for me anyway
 I'm still chasing the same dumb dream I was chasing when I was fifteen
 I wanna be an emo heart lover
 I wanna play a show every night
 Cause I still believe that teenage angst is enough to build a life
 And I'll never be a mother, I'll never be a wife
 But I still believe that this Grrrl Angst is enough to build a life
 Well I grew up in the suburbs
 It doesn't matter where they're all the same
 MCR, The Used, and Taking Back Sunday,
 were the soundtrack to my boredom and pain
 I fell in love every day
 And got my heart broken by the end of the week
 And all those years I hated myself
 I wouldn't trade them for anything
 You can talk shit if you want to
 But let me tell you what I know of that scene
 It was the only place that this queer kid could ever find a community
 The first time I wore makeup
 I was twelve or thirteen
 And the first time that I put on black
 skinny jeans there was no going back for me
 And then I started playing music
 And suddenly everything changed
 I started chasing the same dumb dream I'm chasing now at twenty-three
 I wanna be an emo heart lover
 I wanna play a show every night
 Cause I still believe that teenage angst is enough to build a life
 And I'll never be a mother, I'll never be a wife
 But I still believe that this Grrrl Angst is enough to build a life
 I never (I never)
 Had a backup plan (Had a backup plan)
 I never (I never)
 Had a backup plan (Had a backup plan)
 I never (I never)
 Had a back up plan (Had a backup plan)
 This is all I've ever wanted and this is who I am