This summer's not the summer you own
Not till the day you're old and grown
And the cracks on your face can tell a tale
Of finding freedom
Stuck in your hopeless vanity
The cameraman can only see
A glimpse of the person you might be
The day that you get free
When your younger rules are set
Some you know some you've never met
How they try to make you forget
The way you're born to be
This fall is not the fall you own
Not till you need a cane to roam
Not till the chills a melody that plays your freedom
Holding the poses year to year
With every frame a different fear
The cameraman can almost hear
The cry of the wannabe
Wear me down
Wear me in
Take these worries off my skin
There's a knowing deep within
I'll be fine
Spin it round on this wheel
Time will test and time will heal
There's a freedom to this deal
Opened wide
Inside
This spring is not the spring you own
Not till you've felt the new light blown
Bursting from every stone to stone
A rush of freedom
Time will tell as you breeze by
Then stop to see the firefly
And maybe even wonder why
He gets to roam the sky
When your younger rules are set
Some you know some you've never met
How they try to make you forget
The way you're born to be
This winter's not the winter you own
No, the air's frozen you to the bone
Not till your laugh drowns out the tone
Of walking the snow alone
Wear me down
Wear me in
Take these worries off my skin
There's a knowing deep within
I'll be fine
Spin it round on this wheel
Time will test and time will heal
There's a freedom to this deal
Opened wide inside
Inside
Wear me down
Wear me in
Take these worries off my skin
There's a knowin deep within
I'll be fine
Spinnin round on this wheel
Time will test
And time will heal
There's a freedom to this deal
Opened wide
Inside
There's a freedom to this deal
Opened wide
Inside