"I'll Keep Trying To Explain" lyrics

I tried to explain
But what is there to say
To the bird that's in love with it's cage
Fly now, fly now I pray
Fly now, you're free
Fly away

My feelings operate
On a one week delay
So it hit me like clockwork today
Cause pain always comes for it's pay
It's not to be cheated or played

You can't fucking sing
Without listening
I should know by now
I should know
The things that you say
Really change a boy's age
Now I'm two thousand years old

And what I have learned
From this chapter we've burned
Is a heaviness thicker than tar
I feel it in crowded bars
In corny pop songs in the car

It's permanent probably
Or like mandatory
A life sentence that I must keep
Like a child in my custody
Always present
Even in my sleep

You can't fucking sing
Without listening
I should know by now
I should know
The things that you say
Really change a boy's age
Now I'm two thousand years old