[Verse 1]
Still tryna figure it out
But I feel like a sprout
And I doubt that
I’m hitting the ceiling
I’m dealing with so much anxiety
Drunk on my sorrow like
What is sobriety?
Hiding my demons
Expect for some reason
You’re finding me
Finding me someone entirely different
I’m sitting inside of these bars
Of a prison I made in my mind
I keep trying to listen
Listen for sound where there isn’t
Quietly, silently spinning and spiraling
Wishing that I could be honest
But I won’t admit it
Setting reminders
For five extra minutes
Beforе every meeting
My time is diminishеd
Schedule getting too full
And I carve out some time
For these projects
That I left unfinished
So much I’m writing, I’ve written
I don’t wanna share
‘Cause it’s kind of embarrassing
Being so hopelessly, mindlessly smitten
Praying that time will freeze
Just where we are
So I won’t have to think about
Slight intermissions
Playing the part of a guy
Who seeks friendship
But really I’d rather cut right to the chase
But if life is a race
Then my tires are skidding
And violently scraping
[Chorus]
I’m still a sprout
I’m not ripe for the picking
I’m ripe for the taking
And ripping right out of the ground
Showing the good
And the bad, and the ugly
I’ve been through my ups
And I’ve been through my downs
My roots have been finally
Taking their place
But the place isn’t stable
It’s shaking around
The roof has been caving
The room has been shrinking
I think that I’m nothing, I think I’m a—
I’m still a sprout
I’m not ripe for the picking
I’m ripe for the taking
And ripping right out of the ground
Showing the good
And the bad, and the ugly
I’ve been through my ups
And I’ve been through my downs
My roots have been finally
Taking their place
But the place isn’t stable
It’s shaking around
The roof has been caving
The room has been shrinking
I think that I’m nothing
I think I’m a sprout (sprout)
[Verse 2]
Spouting these lyrics
Instead of just doing the stuff
That I set out to do all along
Calling this thing Conversations
But I gotta ask myself
If it’s for you or the songs
Probably getting you wrong somehow
Feel like I’m taking the trodden route
I haven’t considered the one
That has never been entered
And nobody’s walking down
But calm it down… making a racket
And don’t I got papers and packets?
I’m practically swamped
That’s all that I talk about
Graduation is in
Less than a month from now
I’m learning my lessons
But there’s still so much that I left
In the lost and found
It’s been so long since I started
I think I’ve forgotten how… (yeah)
But I ain’t forgotten why
You’re someone I want around
Sad that we’d drifted apart, but now
I’m glad that we’re getting along
Just too many things I regretted
It’s hard to count
Too many times that
I stood on the seashore
And thought that I’d prolly drown
Too many times where
I stopped in my tracks
And my heart, it pounds
[Chorus]
I’m still a sprout
I’m not ripe for the picking
I’m ripe for the taking
And ripping right out of the ground
Showing the good
And the bad, and the ugly
I’ve been through my ups
And I’ve been through my downs
My roots have been finally
Taking their place
But the place isn’t stable
It’s shaking around
The roof has been caving
The room has been shrinking
I think that I’m nothing, I think I’m a—
I’m still a sprout
I’m not ripe for the picking
I’m ripe for the taking
And ripping right out of the ground
Showing the good
And the bad, and the ugly
I’ve been through my ups
And I’ve been through my downs
My roots have been finally
Taking their place
But the place isn’t stable
It’s shaking around
The roof has been caving
The room has been shrinking
I think that I’m nothing
I think I’m a sprout
(Sprout, sprout, sprout)
(Sprout, sprout, sprout, sprout…)
[Outro]
But there ain’t much of a problem
With being a sprout
Said that I watched it all fall
But that was premature, just like me
I know you’re romantic at heart
I hoped that things would be the same
It seems weird, but that’s alright, see
I’m so stupid, so young
Might as well add
I’m so crude, I’m so dumb
But did you know what?
No matter how the story ends
As long as I’m a sprout right now
I’ll only go up…
