I Miss the Days

I miss the days when

I had a smile on my face, and

Wasn't so caught up in all of the small things

Wasn't so adamant that I could handle everything alone

And wasn't so cautious, and always exhausted

And actually listened to things that my heart said (Heart said)

Ridin' my bike, just ridin' my bike

Not overthinkin' my life

Not always wonderin' if I'm a likeable person

Or someone that nobody likes

Not always stressin' 'bout money

Or losin' my job or scared I ain't makin' the flight

Not always going to bed every night

With this knot in my stomach that never unwinds

What happened to me? Yeah, what happened to me?

When did I start to believe I wasn't worth it

And question my purpose to breathe?

Wonderin' who I should be, happiness outta my reach

Scared to get back on my feet

Need to get rid of what's detrimental

But it's hard to let go

When the thing that hurt you helped you get to your dream

See, I miss the days when I wasn't so faded

Love wasn't always invasive, I could embrace it

Just innocent, waitin', not always living in anguish

When did I break and become overtaken?

What was the moment I caved and gave away all of my faith

And made a replacement? I miss the days when, I miss the days when

I miss the smiles we had when we were young

I miss the memories of feeling love

I miss us runnin' underneath the sun

Staring out the window when the rain would come

I miss the smiles we had when we were kids, yeah

I feel like life was so much simpler then, yeah

When we had joy and we were innocent

I'd give it all to feel that way again, way again

Gimme my mind back, yeah, gimme me mind back

The one that told me I was worth something when I fall flat, yeah, fall flat

The one that told me I was worth something when I'm off track

Back when my imagination wasn't in a cage

And it was free to run fast

Yeah, gimme my mind back, gimme my-gimme my mind back

Before it was hijacked and wasn't described as

A place of limitation always indicating I can't

Handle everything from my past

Handed ended anything it dissects

Till I'm depressed, I know I'm blessed

But I'm cursed, too

Take me back when I was happy, but I wasn't acting

Vulnerable, but didn't see it like some kinda weakness

Or a thing that's unattractive

Had emotion, but I learned to mask it

Didn't know what I was running after

Didn't know the older I would grow, the more I lose control

And take in all the baggage, it's really sad when

Everything you thought was stable crashes

Everything you thought would take the sadness

Really only made it deeper, got me off the deep end askin'

Will we ever feel like we imagine?

Will we ever feel like we adapted?

Will we ever feel like we did back then?

Just take me back when, just take me back when

I miss the smiles we had when we were young

I miss the memories of feeling love

I miss us runnin' underneath the sun

Staring out the window when the rain would come

I miss the smiles we had when we were kids, yeah

I feel like life was so much simpler then, yeah

When we had joy and we were innocent

I'd give it all to feel that way again, way again

Yeah

Yeah

I miss the smiles we had when we were young

I miss the memories of feeling love

I miss us runnin' underneath the sun

Staring out the window when the rain would come

I miss the smiles we had when we were kids, yeah

I feel like life was so much simpler then, yeah

When we had joy and we were innocent

I'd give it all to feel that way again, way again