if i could write to the kid i was before i d tell him you ll get everything you ever wanted but you will still want more someone s going to tell you who you should want to be so you ll forget the vision that they didn t want to see and when they give up cause they will give up say here i am alive they say you don t grow up you just grow old it s safe to say i haven t done both i made mistakes i know i know but here i am alive so many people close to me cut me down this is supposed to be a bad luck town i jumped i fell i hit the ground but here i am alive if i could write to myself when i was on top of it all i d say you re going overboard and when you re falling you re gonna feel so small someone s gonna tell you that you deserve the worst they ll say you re never coming back and tell you that you re cursed and when they give up cause they always give up say here i am alive they say you don t grow up you just grow old it s safe to say i haven t done both i made mistakes i know i know but here i am alive so many people close to me cut me down this is supposed to be a bad luck town i jumped i fell i hit the ground but here i am alive  and when they give up cause they will give up say here i am alive when they give up cause they always give up say here i am alive they say you don t grow up you just grow old it s safe to say i haven t done both i made mistakes i know i know but here i am alive so many people close to me cut me down this is supposed to be a bad luck town i jumped i fell i hit the ground but here i am alive here i am alive here i am alive here i am alive here i am alive if i could write to the kid i was before