Everything is changing, enough just isn't enough anymore
Everything is changing, kids are carrying beers out the store
Everything is changing, girls think it's okay to be a whore
Everything is changing, 12 year olds are trying to pick up a drawer
It ain't't right
And while others sit back, I'm gonna fight
Cause a change needs to be made, this don't even feel like real life
The fucked up thing is no one else sees it
They just see the misleading message as pop music
And while most teenagers are out there on sniff
I'm wondering how this girl's been with more girl's than I've been with
And she just wanna fit in
Be like her friends
But no one told her 'bout all the names she'll be given
All the nights where she just wanna give in
All the slits she keeps hidden
Under her long sleeves
Cause she likes to sit there and watch herself bleed
I feel sorry for you, but don't get upset
Mistakes have been made, just look forward and forget
And all the people who put you here in the first place
Forget about them, they're a waste of your space
And don't let yourself go too easily
You're better than that
You need a guy who cares for you and not sneak out weaselly
And next time you're feeling down, don't hesitate to speak to me
And I remember when I was in school
Year 11, that's the oldest year group
Then I see a kid sitting, bunning a zoot
He's three years younger than me, I dunno what to do
Then he thinks he's all hard in front of his crew
I'm like what the fuck is this guy doing?
Somebody should go over there and do something
And it wasn't too long ago that I was in his shoes
Started off sharing fags, got my friends to save me twos
Graduated to weed, and the bongs started going through
And my lungs were filled with smoke and I felt free
For the first time in my life I felt so happy
But it don't need to be like that
There's something else to set you free like that
Meeting a girl emits the same feeling
I remember the butterflies made me feel higher than the ceiling
Shit, felt so high you be like "shit I can't see him"
Met a girl when I was 15
That was the first time I knew I didn't have to go pick up a teenth
And go out and get lean
Or feel hyped off caffeine
Just so I can be seen
For once in my life, I wasn't invisible
But I felt invincible
This girl meant so much to me, would've ran around the world just to see her smile
And I remember talking to my friend Kyle
Telling him it might sound dumb
But I'd do anything for this girl, she was my number one
And for once I didn't feel numb
I'd have died for her, and if she was to hand me a gun
I wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger and make my life done
And that's what was wrong
So next time, stick to drugs
Cause girls will break your heart for pure fun
And make sure you listen to what I say:
Giving your heart to a girl is not okay
And it's sad to see, but kids think alcohol is great
And I know I'm still a kid but you know what I mean
They sit there with their Budweiser crate
Getting drunk with their friends around the pool
When it seems like yesterday was their first day of school
I know it ain't my business
But I remember one Christmas
My mum came home drunk
Wrapped herself in the rug
And laid in her own vomit like she don't give a fuck
And I try talking to her, she tell me to shut up
I go upstairs and read my brother a book
Because my Ma usually do it but she can't tonight, she's fucked up
Did I mention I was only twelve?
I'd hate to be like that by myself
I didn't see the fun in drinking
Couldn't see myself emptying the shelf
That's how it should be
Unfortunately
It's not how it is
And kids, knowing what alcohol can do is a must
They don't see the women getting beaten by the ones that they trust
They don't see the bodies that are left on the road in dust
And they don't see the poisoned teens having their bodies thrust
Into an ambulance, with not a single chance
Of survival, they're pronounced dead on arrival
I don't want that in my future, or anybody else's for that matter
Alcohol can take everything away from you, Gray Matter
Maybe one day, we'll have nothing to worry about
Maybe one day, kids won't have to act out
Maybe one day, teenagers will mature
Maybe one day, all young girls will be pure
Maybe one day, nobody will ever cut their wrist
Maybe one day, things will never be like this
Maybe one day, you will hear this song and disagree
Maybe one day, you'll hear this and thank me
