Just a child
Floating out into a great big world
And I'm sure
Was meant for much stronger men than me
Tried to plan
A graceful next move, take a stand
I sing out of tune
Well I curse the waves
Head back to shore
I floated too long
There's no shore anymore
Now a man
They're telling me that's what I am
I feel like I'm driftwood
Cruising and crashing and falling to pieces
The ocean that I know has changed
These are the things that pull me apart
The pain and the pleasure, strengthen my heart
Just a man of the water who don't wanna sail
Just a son of a daughter, told she would fail
Just a child, just a man
Just a child, just a man
Just a child, just a man
Just a child
As the sun it moves closer, warming my bones
Suffocating comfort that we are not alone
And my predisposition for fighting the things I can't see
Used to sail
Well not very well
But I loved my boat
Steered it through hell
Was forced to leave the ocean, was for my own good
With so much unanswered, so little understood
Well the seasons they changed
Oceans ran dry
The boat was renovated and so was I
When I returned to the pier
I knew I was now meant for land
These are the things that pull me apart
The pain and the pleasure, strengthen my heart
Just a man of the water who don't wanna sail
Just a son of a daughter, told she would fail
Just a child, just a man
Just a child, just a man
Just a child, just a man
Just a child
Learning to be, just like the sea
As I smash my head onto this reef
Pushing and pulling and cutting my sails
Adrift with me slowly, I'm blazing a trail
Learning to be, just like the sea
As I smash my head onto this reef
Pushing and pulling and cutting my sails
Adrift with me slowly, I'm blazing a trail
These are the things that pull me apart
The pain and the pleasure, strengthen my heart
Just a man of the water who don't wanna sail
Just a son of a daughter, told she would fail
Just a child, just a man
Just a child, just a man
Just a child, just a man
Just a child