Eyedea - Infrared Roses lyrics

Well I guess this is it
I guess this is uh time or whatever
So I guess I'll start it like this

And I'll never again be as happy as I
Was when I was in the 7th grade
Before the guilt of having no
Goals ate my life away
Each day introduced me to something
That I hadn't experienced yet
Traded A's for F's to gain the time
To experiment with drugs and sex
I'll never forget me and Jakes
First roses trip together
Or the times when we all walked
Aimlessly in the summer weather
With nothing better to do I rode to SA
And tried to steal a pack of squares
Man I miss being a kid with no cares
It's the excitement of knowing everything
You touch is new
I just wish I could've stopped to cherish
The moment while it lasted but
Maybe that's the point
The second you're smart enough
To recognize freedom you're no longer free
You see heaven isn't some place that
We go to when we die
It's that split second in life
Where you actually feel alive
And until the end of time
We chase the memory of that
Hoping the future holds something
Better than the past
So why do I spend my time runnin' away?
When the truth is right here in
The mirror inside my dying face
I can waste my energy tryin'
To reproduce something that's gone
But my childhood is dead
It's time to move on
So what do you call a person
That's already past his peak?
Just a stagnant sheep you keep counting
When you can't go to sleep
Two years out of high school
Goin' on way too deep
Tell me again why 7th grade
Was so brief? Damn

The curiosity that killed Schrödinger's cat
Was the only thing that
Kept it alive matter of fact
When life takes your life away how
Do you get it back? Like that like that