Grown Up

This world is bleeding
There's no line between wanting and needing
Always some new hate breeding
Some new rage to be seeding
New lies to be reading 
New rules to be heeding
And you have got to get growing
Cause your youth it is showing 
And the winds of change are blowing
Aint it time you got going 
Cause there are things that need knowing
Broken hearts that need towing
Angry seeds that need unsewing 
And it's all up to you
In your raggedy shoes 
As you hum the blues 
And count in twos
The lies that you choose
To believe
And what will you do when they leave?
How much weight can you heave
Which explanations will you weave
What heights will you achieve
Whose heart will you deceive 
Cause you can't remain naive
You gotta get real
Forget how to feel
Learn how to deal
Which words will seal
And allow you to reel
In the fools and cowards
From their ivory towers
Cause your words carry powers
And sweet things have finally soured
Bright eyes now glower 
At you from across the table
You were once so able 
But now you're stuck with that label
And maybe your life is a fable
A lesson for children to learn
An example of what happens to those who spurn
Those stride forward when told to turn
Those who rise only to fall from grace 
And it's a bit late for you to save face
You can't even slow the pace 
So with your admissions make haste
Say you had but a taste 
Say son life's just race
So you can't be a waste
And gears begin to turn again
And maybe he'll make things like they were back then