What does it mean when you're sixteen
  The world's a cold and lonely place
  But you're still kicking
  Every door down in the place
    The war of words they're so upright
  You pass a hundred sleepless nights
  And the worst is yet to come or so they say
    Here comes seventeen
  And just beyond
  There's tolerance and empathy
  To protect you from them all
  A stand of evergreen
  Just like the places we would always talk about
  To catch you when you fall
    You hear a knock outside the door
  It never rains here anymore
  So now there's nothing new
  To was away the pain
    A frightened face your clouded mind
  The memories you've trailed behind
  And seventeen still feels light years away
    Nobody seems to understand you
  As your grasping for that innocence
  Sequestered in your mind
    Was it guilt or were they blind
  All this time