the year you were blue

the year you were blue, i was barely 13 and
everybody says your teenage years are the best and
everybody says that everybody’s lying but
i’ve yet to see proof of either and

the year you were blue, i was barely 13 but
that shouldn’t stop anyone from
going out walking around making friends and
the year i was barely 13, you
had already decided who you were and
queer musician writer socialist politician astronaut boyfriend of the moon

and the year you were blue i was nowhere near you
just barely 13, i was still struggling to
make it til 6pm without sleeping in bus corners and
kept headphones in until my eardrums protested
and i felt so young and i still feel young and
everybody says to treasure being young and
everybody’s fucking lying

and the year you were blue i had lies in my eyes
and the year you were blue i had lies in my eyes
and the year you were blue i had lies in my eyes.