Nobody knows what it means You just go and you hope that you'll grow, that's life My whole life philosophy Oh, it changes with the tide I was like sixteen smokin' a cigarette for the first time Tryin' so hard to impress some guy or some girl, I forget Twenty-nine, I'd never thought I'd be Twenty-nine, the years just follow me Some nights, I still don't understand it Since I was young I always tried to cover up Who I was and who I love Then I got older Since I was young I always thought that twenty-five Would be the last year of my life Then I got sober And now I'm more myself than I ever was I'm happier than I ever was And I learned to let someone love me for me Oh, since I was young Always been the weird one out Fucking up that little town And I've been this way Since I was young Since I was young Babe, ain't it so bittersweet Knowin' all of the beautiful things will go? So I wanna feel this shit deep Every feeling, every heartbreak, every high and every low I was like eighteen, City of Angels, drinking codeine Swear I saw a demon in my backseat Oh, those Laurel Canyon nights Now I'm twenty-nine, I never thought I'd be (oh, no) Still alive, someone's watchin' out for me (yeah, yeah) Maybe I'll never understand it Since I was young I always tried to cover up Who I was and who I love Then I got older (oh, I got older) Since I was young I always thought that twenty-five Would be the last year of my life Then I got sober And now I'm more myself than I ever was I'm happier than I ever was And I learned to let someone love me for me Oh, since I was young (young) Always been the weird one out Fucking up that little town And I've been this way Since I was young Since I was young Since I was young Woah, oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah Since I was young Woah, oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah Since I was young, since I was young, since I was young Since I was young Since I was young