in this life there are no clean breaks
but starting again is a chance that you can take
i always thought that someday we would
 [bad word] the bad luck and from the burden
the gift [bad word] 
maybe i should have known better
but i know [bad word] closer to the end
of whatever this has been

when you're 16 you don't know what forever means
when you are 23 you couldn't be more sorry to say
that after all this growing up together
all the good has gone away
sometimes the boys that should be yours best friends
 [bad word] strangers with familiar faces
just don't tell me that it's all too far gone
that they weren't meant to live on and don't let go

i just don't want to have to pretend
if we're not in this together
if we're just stuck inside our own heads
and i'm sorry that it took me so long
to find the words to write the song
that we can all still [bad word] believe in
but i [bad word] believe 
that we can still start again