i was young i d seen it all a cemetery in the middle of a supermall i went to school i never learned how it feels how everything you love can burn and it never stops it s all i got and i never know when to turn like a merry go round it all comes around again and i don t know why i m here i don t know where i m going if i don t give it time how can this garden grow i don t know what i ve lost and i don t know how to get it back but i m holdin on yes i m holdin on for as long as i can i moved away i left the band i saw it coming it was written on the back of my hand and every day i could feel something missing i went home to get a record deal and my mother said you re theirs til you re dead to them it s just another meal now i m fat with regret i m placing my bet on me and i don t know why i m here i don t know where i m going if i don t give it time how can this garden grow i don t know what i ve lost and i don t know how to get it back but i m holdin on yes i m holdin on for as long as i can it s not over yet no it s not even close my heart is younger stronger than one hundred cowards in a row and all my curiosity will keep me asking what went wrong when it s all done when it s gone no it won t be long til i m traveling back in time to a place when i was mine oh i don t know why i m here i don t know where i m going if i don t give it time how can this garden grow i don t know what i ve lost and i don t know how to get it back but i m holdin on i m holdin on i m holdin on i m holdin on for as long as i can for as long as i can for as long as i can for as long as i can