IT'S FINALLY OUT!!! what a crazy journey this has been for this little song I wrote a couple months ago on my uke. I wrote this because I felt stuck and empty towards the end of high school, feeling like the last four years were a lie. I felt like I didn't enjoy any of high school, nor did I have many fond memories that I would take with me to college, so the future was incredibly scary. I never went to prom, my friend group had dissipated, and I was mostly alone in my high school endeavors. Even though I had that "5.0 GPA" and was ready to leave for a prestigious university, I didn't know if it was all worth it. I would have never expected in a million years that this song would have blown up on tik tok and that so many people felt the exact same way! I am still in shock that this song reached so many of you guys. I wrote, recorded, produced the song all by myself in my bedroom that last couple of nights to give you guys this one. Enjoy this video of me dancing like a crackhead in my room at 3 AM. But in the very end, we just have to remember-- "let's live for now".
tik tok: @madsteaparty
instragram: @madsteaparty
spotify:
open.spotify.com/artist/7ufYC...
apple music:
music.apple.com/us/album/youn...
(fun fact: the beginning is actually the recording i made after i got rejected from Yale.)
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Lyrics:
I spent too many nights alone and staying awake
Was it worth it for that 5.0 GPA
Causeā all my dreams are still unclear and so far away
Sometimes it feels like I just need to run away
I wish my life was like a cliche teen movie
I wish I crashed my car outside your friendās party
I wish we watched the stars under the summer breeze
Is it too late? Too late to live out my dreams
Causeā Iām so tired and Iām a mess
And I keep running from myself
These are the nights that keep us young
Weāre staying up late to pass the time
Iām scared of the future, running from the past
Canāt live now itās going too fast
One day Iāll find where I belong
But for now, Iāll write this song
Iām so tired
Every night
Iām on fire
But alive
Weāre still young
We got time
So for now, for now
Letās live out our lives
I spent too many days trying to be what Iām not
That I forgot all about the things I got
If this is life then maybe we should just get lost
Can we just drive until the world comes at a stop
I wish I left the people treating me like less
I wish I finally gathered that self-confidence
I wish we crashed the prom and danced like 96ā
Is it too late? Too late to have that movie kiss
Causeā Iām so tired and Iām a mess
And I keep running from myself
These are the nights that keep us young
Weāre staying up late to pass the time
Iām scared of the future, running from the past
Canāt live now itās going too fast
One day Iāll find where I belong
But for now, Iāll write this song
Iām so tired
Every night
Iām on fire
But alive
Weāre still young
We got time
So for now, for now
Letās live out our lives
So letās live for now
So letās live for now (x 4)
I wish my life was like a cliche teen movie
I wish I crashed my car outside your friendās party
I wish we watched the stars under the summer breeze
Is it too late? To live out my dreams
Iām so tired and Iām a mess
And I keep running from myself
These are the nights that keep us young
Weāre staying up late to pass the time
Iām scared of the future, running from the past
Canāt live now itās going too fast
One day Iāll find where I belong
But for now, Iāll write this song
Iām so tired
These nights
Iām on fire
But alive
Weāre still young
We got time
So for now, for now
Letās live out our lives